State Ex Rel. Mothersead v. Hardister

MASON, V. C. J.

This is the third appeal taken by the Bank Commissioner wherein a certain judgment of the district court of Washington county is sought to be modified or reversed.

This action was originally commenced by the State Bank Commissioner against E. L. Hardister to enforce the statutory stockholders’ liability against him as a stockholder in the insolvent Bartlesville State Bank. At the time the bank was taken over by the Bank Commissioner, the defendant appeared on the books of the corporation as the owner of 25 shares of stock of the par value off $100 each.

The defendant filed answer…