Ellis v. Vernon Ice, Light, & Water Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Application for Writ of Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in a case on appeal from Wilbarger County.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
At the suit of an unsecured creditor, the Vernon Ice, Light, and Water Company, a corporation, was placed in the hands of a receiver, upon the ground that it was insolvent. Subsequently other creditors having liens upon its property intervened, and among them the present applicant for writ of error. The ground of Ellis’ intervention was that he was the holder of the bonds of the corporation amounting in the aggregate to $18,000, which was secured by a mortgage upon its property prior to all other liens. The decree of the District Court gave the plaintiff and…
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