Ellis v. Vernon Ice, Light, & Water Co.

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

The assets of the Vernon Ice, Light, and Water Company, a private corporation, chartered for the purposes indicated by its name, were, on the 19th day of December, 1891, upon the application of J. B. Lockett, a creditor without judgment or lien, placed in the hands of a receiver. In February following, at a regular term of the District Court, upon the motion of Glower, Harris & Co., judgment and lien creditors who had intervened in the suit, the receivership was by order of the court continued in force. About the same time, the First National Bank of Vernon filed…