Texas Nat. Bank v. Eastland-Desdemona Consol. Oil Co.

Appellee Eastland-Desde-mona Consolidated Oil Company, hereinafter styled Oil Company, brought this suit against appellant Texas National Bank and against Geo. W. Cole, Jr., and James A. Buie, seeking to recover $5,000, which had been deposited in appellant bank as escrow money under a certain contract which had been entered into between the Oil Company and Cole. The cause was tried to a jury, and, based on the findings of the jury and additional findings by the court, judgment was rendered for the Oil Company against appellant bank, and in favor of the bank against James A. Buie, and it was…