State Bank of Cerro Gordo v. Benton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the circuit" court of Macon County imposing individual liability against him for $9,174.20 for an indebtedness of “Jim Benton, Inc. ” a corporation. In entering such judgment, the trial court pierced the corporate veil and imposed the individual liability. Its action in so doing the defendant says is against the manifest weight of the evidence. We disagree and affirm the trial court.

In 1964, Jim Benton incorporated Jim Benton, Inc., under the Illinois Corporation Act and was the…