Lawhead v. Knappenberger

This action was commenced in the district court, of Creek county by C. E. Lawhead, receiver of the Bank of Jacksonburg, W. Va., against D. L. Knappenberger, to recover $600 and interest from defendant Knappenberger. The petition alleged that said Bank of Jackson-burg was closed and declared by the Bank Commissioner of the state of West Virginia to be an insolvent institution; that defendant, prior to and at the time said bank was closed, was the owner of six shares of capital stock of said bank of the par value of $100 each; and that under the banking laws of West Virginia the owner of shares…