State Nat. Bank of San Antonio v. Lancaster
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dimmit County; W. D. Dove, Special Judge. Action by B. P. Dancaster and others against the State National Bank of San Antonio and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPdt, C. J.
On November 8, 1920, B. F. Dancaster, M. D. Em, and M. Doscher instituted a proceeding in the district court of Dimmit county, in which they sought a construction of a certain pamphlet or booklet issued by one G. Denton, under the name of “Denton Colony Company,” in which was contained a description of a tract of 32,000 acres of land in Dimmit county, which he desired to sell, agreeing in said booklet that he would donate $30,000, which he would deposit in a solvent bank in San Antonio to be held in trust and paid over to the first railroad company that would build a railroad to a town tQ be…
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