Pyles v. Carney
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified questions from Circuit Court, Wetzel County.. Bill by B. A. Pyles, special receiver of tbe Exchange Bank of Littleton, against S. A. Carney and others. Separate demurrers by part of defendants to second amended bill sustained in part and overruled in part, and questions certified by Circuit ’Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Upon sustaining in part and overruling in part the separate *161demurrers of a number of tbe defendants to tbe second amended bill filed by B. A. Pyles, special receiver of tbe Exchange Bank of Littleton, against a number of its stockholders, for the purpose of enforcing their individual liability for double tbe amount of their stock, tbe same being alleged to be necessary to pay tbe creditors of tbe insolvent bank, tbe court has certified for our decision a number of questions. Many of them, however, did ñot, and clearly are not such as could arise on tbe demurrer, but can only…
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