Burke v. Shaw

ELY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellant to have the sum of $645.28 declared a preferred claim against the Valley State Bank of Har-lingen, which had failed and been taken into his possession by the banking commissioner of the state of Texas. The appellant stated in his pleadings that he had received the sum of $792.50, as a loan on an adjusted service certificate issued by the United States government, and that same had been deposited by him in the Valley State Bank, and that portions of same had been withdrawn by check, reducing the amount thereof to $645!-28. The claim for…