Springer v. Aiken

This case is submitted on an agreed statement of facts on writ of error from the circuit court of Pinellas County.

Carrie E. Dracass, deceased, was the owner of certain stock in an Illinois bank on' March 4, 1933, when the bank was closed by proclamation of the governor of that state. By statute all stockholders in Illinois banks are subjected toi'what is commonly known as “double liability.”

Following the closing of the bank Carrie E. Dracass moved to Florida, and on March 4, 1936, the depositors of the former Illinois bank filed declaration in the circuit court of Pinellas County to recover…