Ewing v. Gmeinder

There are two actions to enforce liability of stockholders of the American Buckram Manufacturing Company and Henderson Casket Manufacturing Company, corporations, to their creditors, respectively, upon stock issued as fully paid for nothing of any value. The parties in both actions are the same. They were tried together. Plaintiff appealed from an order in each case denying his motion for a new trial.

Defendants Burrichter, Firminger and Chappie, herein referred to as the promoters, were the organizers and, at first, the managers of the corporations. Defendants Gmeinder, Schrupp, Berla, Moran…