Austin v. Lamar County

At the beginning of the year 1925 the commissioners’ court of Lamar county advertised for bids from banks for the purpose of selecting a county depository for the ensuing two years. No bids were offered. On March 26, 1925, the commissioners’ court, acting under the provisions of article 2445, Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, designated three of the local banks situated in Paris, the county seat of Lamar county, as depositories. Among the banks so designated was the First State Bank of Paris, which was then a banking corporation organized under the laws of Texas. In due time the First State…