Ball v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Jan. T., 1893, No. 57, on verdict for defendant, in case of William E. Ball, Trustee, v. Joseph Anderson, executor of Eber Anderson, deceased. Assumpsit against a stockholder of a foreign corporation.
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Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Jan. T., 1893, No. 57, on verdict for defendant, in case of William E. Ball, Trustee, v. Joseph Anderson, executor of Eber Anderson, deceased. Assumpsit against a stockholder of a foreign corporation. From the record it appeared that the action was-brought by a Kansas judgment creditor of a Kansas corporation against a Pennsylvania stockholder therein to collect from the latter so much of plaintiff’s judgment, as equaled the par value of defendant’s stock. The action was based upon the Kansas act of October 31,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The question of the right of an individual creditor of an insolvent Kansas corporation to sue an individual stockholder in this state, came before us in Cushing v. Perot, 175 Pa. 66. We there expressed the opinion that the liability of the stockholder, though imposed by statute was contractual in its nature, and should be enforced by any court having jurisdiction of the parties.
We further held that the extent and character of the obligation under the Kansas statutes must be determined by the law as interpreted by the Kansas courts. But the statute was full of…
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