Morrell v. Colonial Security Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to'the Court of Civil Appeals in an appeal from Travis County. Morrill, who had intervened in the receivership proceedings, appealed from a judgment of the District Court denying him right to participate in. the distribution by the receiver of the deposit with the State treasurer; and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This controversy grows out of an intervention in a receivership case. J. F. Salisbury instituted suit against The Colonial Security Company, the American Bond Reserve Company and J. W. Robbins, as State Treasurer, the latter for the purpose of reaching a fund which had been deposited in the treasury of the State under the statute passed April 13, 1897. Under allegations of insolvency, fraud, etc., a receiver was appointed for the property of the companies; and a master in chancery having been appointed, the creditors were required to establish their claims before him. The plaintiff in error,…
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