Morse v. Pacific Railway Co.

On January 19, 1891, the appellant Charles F. Morse, in behalf of himself and all other creditors of the Pacific Eailway Company, one of the appellees, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county, under section 25 of the general act concerning corporations for pecuniary profit, against said Pacific Railway Company and its stockholders, alleging the recovery of a judgment against that corporation and return of execution “no property found,” and seeking to enforce the statutory liability of said stockholders for any unpaid balance upon their stock. The bill alleged that Thomas Murdoch…