Tenison v. Patton
Texas Supreme Court
■ Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Suit was brought by Patton and others against Tenison, with judgment for plaintiff, affirmed on appeal by defendant, who then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by defendants in error in behalf of the stockholders of the State National Bank of Dallas, by two of their number, against the bank, Tenison, and. others of its officers, one of its objects being to require Tenison to account for profits derived by him from the sale of a tract of land belonging to the bank while he was acting as its director, trustee and agent. The land had been conveyed to Armstrong, president of the bank, in payment of a debt due to it, and while he so held the legal title in trust, the title became involved in litigation…
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