Williams v. Hilger

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the defendants.

On September 24, 1924, F. D. Williams, as receiver of the First National Bank of Fergus county, Lewistown, commenced action against David Hilger, W. J. Johnson, R. B. Fergus, D. J. Burke and E. H. Barrett, to recover approximately $20,000 indebtedness of the Flatwillow Ranch Company, a corporation, to the said bank as a statutory liability of the said defendants as directors of the corporation on the failure of the corporation to file its annual statements as required by law.

Answering the complaint filed, the…