Luikart v. Jones

This is an action to recover double liability from stockholders of the Bank of Benkelman by the receiver of that bank, as formerly provided by section 7, art. XII of the Constitution, which was repealed November 8, 1938. After trial the action was dismissed as to the defendants, and they were allowed to go hence without day, from which plaintiff appealed.

The plaintiff’s amended petition, filed December 3, 1938, alleges that the Bank of Benkelman was organized September 1, 1887, and given charter No. 38. On March 17, 1932, the bank having been adjudged insolvent, E. H. Luikart, plaintiff, was…