Dows v. Naper

In this case John Naper, the appellee, sued David Dows, the appellant, in the Superior Court of Cook county, and recovered judgment for $1437.55. He claimed that amount to be due him as a depositor in the savings department of the Marine company of Chicago. The suit was prosecuted on the theory appellant was a stockholder in said Marine company to the amount of $5000, and, as such, was liable to appellee for the funds deposited, by virtue of section 10 of the act of February 21, 1861, amending the charter of said corporation.

It is urged by appellant, that said amendatory act, inasmuch as it…