Bankers Union Life Co. v. Sheppard

Relator, Bankers Union Life Company of Denver, Colorado, seeks a writ of mandamus against George H. Sheppard, Comptroller of the State of Texas and Charley Lockhart, Treasurer of the State of Texas, to require them to release to relator a deposit of $5,000 heretofore made by relator with the State Treasurer, as required by law, to transact certain business in the State of Texas.

As grounds for such mandamus, relator ■ shows: (1) That as a corporation it entered the State of Texas in November, 1930, and complied with Title 21, Article 696 et seq., of the Revised Civil Statutes, by depositing in…