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they did not have notice of the fact that the indorsement the draft· w.as. forged. .Roome "Ias a witness in that case, and testified at the trial as to the· notice· given to the Bellaire Bank; just as he did at the trial of this case. If a new trial were granted and Randolph were to swear according to the statements of his affidavit, he would be contradicted by his own deposition, taken April 4, 1892. There is, therefore, no sufficient ground for the motion to set aside the judgment, is overruled. I am appealed to to make an order to enable the defendant to procure a bill of that will be recognized as valid by the court of appeals, and that, if necessary, I make an entry nunc pro tunc. There is nothing in this case which would authorize the court to make an entry nunc pro tunc, and I am unable to see that there is any other entry that can be made that will enable the defendant to take a bill of exceptions. The time for taking such a bill expired, by limitation of the express order made, on the last day of December, 1896. The order might then have been made extending the time through and until the end of that term, but I know of no practice allowing a bill of exceptions after the expiration of the term succeeding the trial term. I have, on one or two occasions, where there was special reason therefor, on the application of counsel, set aside the judgment,-not, however, in cases where there has been trial by a jury,-and re-entered it early in the following term, so as to enlarge the time for taking an appeal. But the time for taking a writ of error in this case has long since expired,and I know of no means whereby the defendant can now obtain a valid bill of exceptions.
CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO. et a1. v. STATE BANK OF AMBIA. (Circult Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. No. 475. 81'ATE BANK-IMPAIRMENT OF CAPITAL-INDIANA BANK ACT.
May 17, 1898.)
Under section 13, of the Indiana bank act, as amended March 9, 1895, providing that, when the capital of a state bank becomes impaired, the auditor of state shall levy an assessment upon the shareholders to make good the deficiency, and, if any shareholder faIls to pay suc4 assessment,. shall .cause his stock to be sold to the highest bidder, the proceeds of such sales do not belong to the bank, but'must be paid to the shareholder, less expenses of sale.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Plailitiffs In· error alleged In their petition that the defendant In error was a bank of discount and deposit organized under the law of Indiana with a capital stock of $25,000, divided Into 250 shares; that plaintiffs In error owned 100 of these shares, for which $100 per share had been paid by one McConnell; that they had owned these shares since the 2d day of January, 1896; that on August 1, 1896, the state auditor directed an assessment of 60 per cent. to make good an impairment of the capital stock of said bank; that on August 1, 1896, the directors of said bank gave to plaintiffs in error notice of saId assessment, amounting to the sum of $6,000 on their stoel,; that they failed to pay said assessment; that on the 10th of November; 1896, the auditor valued
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the sald shares at $40 per share, and directed that the same be sold at public auction after three weeks' notice; that afterWards said bank gave notice that upon Saturday, the 2d of January, 1897, at 12 o'clock noon, at the front door of its banking house at Ambia," Ind., 'sald. shares would be sold, etc.; that said shares were sold pursuant to, said notice for the sum of $40 per share, aggregating $4,000 in cash, which money was received by the cashier of said bank; that Immediately thereafter, plaIntIffs in error tendered the said cashier the 100 shares of capital stock so sold and demanded the $4,000, less the expenses of said sale, but that saId casmer' and defendant in error refused to pay the same, 01' any part thereof." Defendant In error demurred to the petItion outlined above, and intended to make a Case withIn ,the statute quoted below in the opinion. The demurrer was sustaIned, and judgment, rendered upon the same and for costs against these plaintiffs in error, who now bring the record to thIs court.
Samuel O. Pickens, for plaiutiffs in error. Daniel Fraser, for defendant in error. Before WOODS and SHOWALTER, Circuit Judges, and BUNN, District Judge. SHOWALTER, Circuit Judge, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court. We are not referred to any by-law of the defendant in error or to any statute of Indiana which ohligates the stockholders of corporations such as this defendant in error to make good any mere impairment of capital other than the following provisions, being part of what is now section 13, as subetituted by amendment March 9, 1895, for the original section 13 of the act of February 7, 1873, of the Revised Statutes of Indiana, entitled act to authorize and regulate the incorporation of banks of discount and deposit in the state of Indiana": "Whenever the auditor of state shall have reason to believe that the capital stock of any of saId associations Is reduced by Impairment or otherwise, below the amount reqUired by law or by its artIcles of association and certificate of Increase or decrease of capital, as the case may be, the auditor shall require the deficiency to be made good and the board of directors shall Immediately give notice of such reqUisition to ,each stockholder and of the amount of assessment whIch he must pay, by notice made to such stockholder at his place of business or served personally upon hIm. ' If any stockholder shall refuse or fall to pay the assessment b-pecified in the notice withIn sixty (60) days from the date thereof, saId directors shall have the right to $ell said stock, or any part thereof, to the highest bidder at public or private auctIon, and with or wIthout notIce as the audItor may direct the sale to be made, but such stock shallMt be sold for a less sum than valuatIon put thereon by the auditor and certIfied by hIm to the board of directors, and the' 'auditor may revalue such stock, and new offers for sale maY,be made at any tIme, an,d from the proceeds of sale shail first be deducted the costs thereof. "If any association shall neglect for sixty (60) days after the audItor shall have requIred such deficIency to be made good to comply With such request, the auditor shall report the fll.ct to the attorney-general" who shall at once 'Institute such legal proceedings" as shall be prop'er to wind up the defaUlting ll.ssoclatioilaccordlng to law, and in [any 1] vIolation of law, or default named In this act shall be sufficieJ:Jt cause for the appointment of a receiver for any such association."
The directors are empowered to sell, provided the purchaser will pay as much as the r-alue certified by the auditor; but it is nowhere stated in this statute that the price received by the directors shall go to and become the propeJ.'ty ,of. the bank. Presumably, the price,
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less the expenses of the sale, would belong to the owner of the stock sold. In such case the bank would lose nothing. The purpose of the statute is apparently to enable the bank to get rid of unwilling stockholders, and go on with its business. The extra obligation of shareholders for debts and liabilities of the corporation in default of assets is fully provided for in other portions of the statute. No sort is involved here. The statute does not in obligation of terms or by necess'ary implication create an obligation on stockholders to pay more than the full par value of the shares merely to replenish or replace capital lost in the business of the corporation. Counsel do not question the validity of the amendment as concerns the sale of shares in the manner provided in case the holdei' does not choose to pay the assessment made by the auditor. Apparently the bank may be wound up if stockholders, or persons willing to become stockholders, by purchase in the manner directed, do not replenish the capital as demanded by the auditor. But, whatever may be the precise meaning and policy of this statute, we do not find in it satisfactory ground for the ruling that these plaintiffs in error, owning the 100 full-paid shares, must forfeit $4,000,-that being the entire value of the shares sold pursuant to the direction of the auditor, -because they did not elect to pay $6,000 additional in order to replenish the capital, and enable the business to continue. The statute does not say that the $4,OOO-the price received for these sharesshould be forfeited by the owners; it does not say that the bank should become owner either of the shares or the money received as the price of the same. The directors had, according to the statute, the power to sell for the price fixed by the auditor, but not the right to withhold that price, less the exnenses of the sale, from the owner of the shares. Whether or not, if such were the expressed meaning, the statute would be valid or constitutional, is a question which need not be discussed. The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. SHAW. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. No. 625. 1. I. TRIAL-ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL-IRRELEVANT TESTIMONY.
April 19, 1898.)
The court may properly direct counsel to desist from discussing to the jury immaterial evidence that has been ruled out. Requests to charge, which do not fairly state the testimony, and which sum up the evidence for the defendant without stating with anything like judicial fairness what It tends to prove, are properly denied.
SAME-REQUEST TO CHARGE-UNFAIR STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE.
B.
NEGLIGENCE-STEALING RIDE-DUTY OF RAILROAD COMPANY.
After the presence of a person stealing a ride on a train is discovered, the railroad company owes him the duty which humanity Imposes, and his efforts to cling to the train to prevent faliing under the wheels cannot be considered as a resistance to those attempting to remove him while the train is in motion. 86F.-li5