San Patricio County v. Shaw

* Writ of error granted. Appellant, San Patricio county, instituted the suit against Commercial State Bank of Sinton, James Shaw, state banking commissioner, B.R. Smith, special liquidating agent for Shaw, and the Sinton State Bank of Sinton, to establish the county's right to, and to recover of Commercial State Bank, the sum of $158,373.85 and interest.

The court overruled all demurrers, and, after hearing the evidence, declared that it did not sustain a cause of action, and rendered judgment for appellees.

It was alleged and proved that in 1922 or 1923 the two banks, the only ones in Sinton,…