Haese
Haese v. A. R. Demory Inv. Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Rudkin, J.
October 26,1927, John Koke was the owner of eighty of the eighty-two shares of the capital stoek of the John Koke Company, a corporation. On that date Koke borrowed from A. R. Demory the sum of $11,000, executing his individual promissory note therefor, secured by a deposit or the delivery of the eighty shares of the capital stoek of the John Koke Company and certain insurance policies on the life of the maker of the note. The money was borrowed for the use and benefit of the John Koke Company to enable it to pay off its indebtedness-and discount its bills, and the money was so used. The purpose for which the money was to be used was made known to the lender when the loan was made. The promissory note was not paid at maturity, and in May, 1928, the A. R. Demory Investment Company, to which the note had been indorsed, commenced an action on the note against John Koke and recovered a judgment thereon. July 5, 1928, the John Koke Company and John Koke, as an individual, filed voluntary petitions in bankruptcy ; the obligation to the investment company being listed as a debt of John Koke, not of the John Koke Company. Later, the investment company filed its claim against the John Koke…