Hayward v. Sencenbaugh

Mr. Justice; Hand

delivered the opinion of the court:

' This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the circuit court of Kane county by Laban Hayward, as administrator of the estate of William B. Russell, deceased, against S. S. Sencenbaugh, to enforce against Sencenbaugh his stock liability as a stockholder in the Aurora Mining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, in payment of certain of the bonds of said corporation held by Hayward as the administrator of Russell. A jury was waived, and upon a trial the court rendered judgment in favor of Hayward, as…