Walterscheid v. Bowdish’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““The controversy then depends upon whether the liability of the plaintiffs in error was an obligation imposed by the statute and expiring with the statute, or whether it. was founded in contract and was beyond the power of the legislature to affect. The question was answered in Stocker v. Davidson, 74 Kan. 214 , 86 Pac. 136 [ 118 Am. St. Rep. 315 ], a portion of the syllabus of which reads: “ ‘in this state the statutory liability of a stockholder to pay upon the debts of the corporation an amount in addition to his subscript ion equal to the liar value of his stock becomes an asset of the corporation in the event of its insolvency. The liability is one arising upon contract. The right of action to enforce it is one arising upon contract.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Little v. Kohn