Shaw v. Rogers

This suit was instituted by James Shaw, banking commissioner of Texas, against Thelma Rogers et al., to enforce an assessment by the banking commissioner .upon thirty-five shares of stock in the Cooper State Bank alleged to have been owned and transferred by J. F. Lindley, within twelve months of the time the Cooper bank closed, to his daughter, Thelma Rogers. The case was tried to a jury, and upon the close of the testimony of both plaintiff and defendants the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the banking commissioner against Thelma Rogers as the owner of the stock at…