Palmer v. Woods

This cause originated in the circuit court of Sangamon county by bill in chancery filed August 24,1886, wherein appellees were complainants, and appellants, with others, defendants. The purpose of the bill was to enforce the individual liability of the defendants, as stockholders of the Springfield Savings Bank, for the payment of amounts alleged to be severally due the complainants as depositors and creditors of the bank. A similar bill had been filed in the same court on the 21st of January, 1880, by Mary Queenan and George Kerger, on behalf of themselves and all other creditors of the bank…