Travis, Murray & Co. v. Topeka Supply Co.

Opinion by

Simpson, C.:

In the year 1883, one George F. Miller was doing business in the city of Topeka, in the shadows of a corporation that was called “The Topeka Supply Company.” This corporation was organized in 1880, with no stockholders, but with the usual quantity of titled officials; a few hundred dollars as a basis for business, contributed by Miller, who was sole manager, and the only live person con*626nected with it. In May, 1883, the Supply Company being insolvent, Miller sold the stock on hand, consisting of plumbing goods and fixtures, to one Louis, for a consideration of $1,800,…