Capital National Bank v. Bartley

Appeal by the Capital National Bank of St. Paul from a judgment dismissing.its action to compel the estate of P. B. Bartley, deceased, to contribute, pro rata with Bartley’s co-stockholders in the Conrad Trust & Savings Bank of Helena, toward the satisfaction of a judgment secured by it and against the Conrad Bank, under the following circumstances:

Prior to 1923 the “Pondera Yalley Corporation” was indebted to this plaintiff in a sum of approximately $25,000, for the payment of which the corporation had pledged its capital stock, and was also indebted to the Conrad Bank in an undisclosed sum.…