Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc. v. Connell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HáRvey, J.:

Defendant has appealed from an order of the court overruling his demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, which attempted to state a cause of action against him personally, upon a promissory note payable to plaintiff, an Oklahoma corporation, and signed “Connell Oil Co., by O. J. Connell, Pres.”

It was alleged in the petition in substance that for a long time prior to December 31, 1929, there existed in Butler county a Kansas corporation, The Connell Oil Company, of which the defendant was president and one of the principal stockholders, which…