Legal Opinion
First National Bank v. First Bank of Chico
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1956No. A-5653PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hickman
A full statement of this case was made by the Court of Civil Appeals in its opinion; for which see 285 S.W. 2d 286. As the case comes to this court the controversy is narrowed to the single question of the priority of mortgage liens on 168 head of cattle as between two mortgagees, and an abridged statement will be sufficient to disclose the facts upon which our decision of that question is based.
The mortgagor is J. S. Neville. For twenty years prior to the institution of this suit, petitioner The First National Bank of Wichita Falls had furnished Neville money with which to buy cattle.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Miers v. Housing Authority of City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Childress v. First State Bank of BarnhartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Miller v. PullmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Lawson v. First Nat. Bank of RotanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- First National Bank of Wichita Falls v. First Bank of ChicoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
3Cited by3 opinions
- Gasperson v. Madill National BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Donley County State Bank v. StockstillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Grass v. Straus-Frank Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1956