Seale v. Baker

Acker, Judge.

The court below sustained general demurrers to the petition and dismissed the suit, from which judgment this appeal is taken. It now devolves on us to determine whether or not, on tne case stated in the petition, appellant is entitled to recover.

It is alleged in the petition that on the nineteenth day of December, 1885, and for one year preceding that date, appellees were directors of the banking corporation, “The City Bank of Houston,” actively directing and controlling its affairs and the conduct of its said business, and representing themselves and were generally and publicly…