Jones v. Canon

McMILLAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, as receiver of the First National Bank of Farmersville, Tex., sued the defendants on an assessment levied against them as stockholders of that bank. The suit was filed more than two years but less than four years after the assessment was made. Defendants interposed, both by demurrer and plea, the two-year statute of limitation of the state of Texas. The ease was tried before the court without a jury. The defense of limitation was overruled, and the facts being uneontroverted, the plaintiff had judgment as prayed for. Defendants have filed a motion for new…