Herring v. Houston National Exchange Bank

This suit was brought by defendant in error, Houston National Exchange Bank, in the District Court of Harris County against J. A. Herring, Sanford Dean, and Walker Sayles, who constitute the Prison Commission of the State of Texas, to recover upon three promissory notes given by the Prison Commission to the Fort Bend Cotton Oil Company in part payment of the purchase price of three acres of land in Fort Bend County, with the cotton oil mill and machinery situated thereon, and to foreclose a mortgage lien upon said property. Also, defendant in error sought a mandamus against plaintiffs in…