Keehn v. Stapleton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bubch, J.:

The two cases, consolidated here on appeal, involve the right of a receiver for an insolvent Illinois mutual insurance company to recover assessments, adjudged necessary by an Illinois court, from policyholders in the state of Kansas. The district courts of Sedgwick and Reno counties in Kansas entered judgments for the respective defendants upon the pleadings and agreed stipulations of facts. The receiver appealed. A statement of facts will be made only to the extent necessary to make clear the questions essential to decision.

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