Siegel v. Fish

Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman

delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented for determination in this case is whether appellants who, in common with appellees, were holders of unpaid capital stock in a corporation, can under the circumstances of the case maintain a bill for contribution against other holders of unpaid stock in the same ■ corporation. Appellant’s have paid a decree obtained against them in a pro-needing by a creditor of the corporation in which the latter sought to enforce the liability of stockholders for the debt of the corporation to the extent of the nn-' paid…