Zang v. Wyant
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from, the District Court of Arapahoe County. This is an equitable action brought by appellees as creditors of the North Denver Bank, in behalf of themselves and such other creditors as may join them, against appellants as stockholders in said bank, to enforce the, statutory liability under the following statute: “ Section 1. Shareholders in banks, savings banks, trust, deposit, and security associations; shall be held individually responsible for debts, contracts and…
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Appeal from, the District Court of Arapahoe County. This is an equitable action brought by appellees as creditors of the North Denver Bank, in behalf of themselves and such other creditors as may join them, against appellants as stockholders in said bank, to enforce the, statutory liability under the following statute: “ Section 1. Shareholders in banks, savings banks, trust, deposit, and security associations; shall be held individually responsible for debts, contracts and engagements of said associations, in double the amount of the par value of the stock owned by them respectively.”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
The specifications of error are voluminous, and, in addition to the questions they raise as to the admissibility and sufficiency of certain testimony, challenge the right of appellees to maintain the action, and also the construction that the court below gave to the statute under which the recovery is sought. In their printed argument, for the first time, counsel question the validity of the act itself, upon the ground that it was never constitutionally passed. Under former decisions of this court and the court of appeals this question is not properly before us for consideration. Marean v.…
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