Lamb v. Strother

Kenna, President:

F. 0. Lamb, receiver of Huntington Banking & Trust Company, filed his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of McDowell County seeking to enforce against D. J. F. Strother, a former stockholder of that institution, and Otis E. St. Clair, assignee of his shares, the constitutional double liability of shareholders in banks. The defendant, Strother, appeared and filed his demurrer in writing, which was overruled, and thereupon, the trial chancellor, of his own motion, certified to this court the questions arising upon the sufficiency of the bill of complaint, propounding six…