Hillmer v. Grondahl

This is a chancery suit wherein the plaintiff, a nonresident creditor of the insolvent Chicago Bank of. Commerce, chartered and domiciled in the state of Illinois, seeks to enforce for his own benefit and that of his fellow-creditors, against the defendant, a resident stockholder of that bank, a so-called double liability under the constitution and laws of such foreign state. The bill was demurred to, the demurrer was sustained, the bill was dismissed, and the plaintiff appealed.

So, the only question presented is one of pleading. Many causes of demurrer are assigned, but the real question is…