Ramsey Petroleum Co. v. Adams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

These fourteen actions were brought by depositors of the defunct Butler County State Bank, seeking to recover from the officers and directors of the bank the several amounts of their deposits under the provisions of the statute of 1879. (R. S. 9-163, 9-164.)

Each plaintiff alleged that he was a depositing patron and customer of the Butler County State Bank; that the defendant, C. L. King, was an officer, director and president of that bank in March, 1923, and for some months prior thereto; that defendant, H. F. Ferry, was an officer,…