First State Bank of Bellaire v. Citizens National Bank & Trust Co.

WERLEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of appellee, Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Bay-town, Texas, against First State Bank of Bellaire, Texas in the sum of $1911.44. The facts, some of which were stipulated by the parties and others found by the court or testified to, are substantially as follows:

In November, 1961 one A. L. Byrd, who was in Saudi Arabia, had in his checking account in the Baytown bank the amount of $1911.44. On the morning of November 10, 1961 an imposter called at appellant bank ■ in Bellaire and falsely represented that he was A.…