Kape v. Home Bank & Trust Co.

On January 10, 1936, the superior court of Cook county entered a decree for $11,000 against appellee, Nelson K. Reese, on account of his liability as a stockholder in the Home Bank & Trust Company, an insolvent State banking institution. The decree was entered in a representative suit brought by appellant, Benjamin Kape, on behalf of himself and all other creditors of the bank. On February 26, 1937, appellee filed a petition asking for an order permanently restraining the issuance of execution on the judgment against him because he had been discharged in bankruptcy. The order was entered as…