Costley v. Chapman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; Cooper Sansom, Judge. Suit by J. L. Chapman, State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, against J. Lee Costley. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The only question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in overruling a second motion for continuance or postponement which was predicated upon the absence of appellant, who was in attendance upon the trial of another case in which he was a defendant. We will state only so much of the record as bears materially upon this question.
The suit was by the state commissioner of banking and insurance, against J. Lee Costley, to recover from the latter the sum of $5,900, the amount of a 100 per cent. assessment as a stockholder of the Citizens' Guaranty State…
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