Shaw v. Morrison

This suit was instituted by appellee, J. B. Morrison, against James Shaw, banking commissioner, appellant, as such commissioner and “liquidating agent” of the Commercial State Bank of Cisco, Tex. The appellee sued to recover $500 which he had paid to the appellant under a contract to purchase certain real estate, having made such payment as a part of the purchase price and to guarantee that he would carry out his part of the contract, and alleging that the banking commissioner had pot furnished an abstract showing merchantable title in compliance with the terms of the contract. The…