Harris v. Briggs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error io the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Action by George Waverly Briggs, Commissioner of Insurance and Banking of the State of Texas, against Overton Harris. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the commissioner of insurance and banking of the state of Texas, hereafter called plaintiff, against Overton Harris, hereafter called defendant, to recover an amount equal to the par value of the shares of stock owned by said defendant in the Farmers’ & Merchants’ State Bank & Trust Company of Sweetwater, Tex., hereafter called Farmers’ Bank, for the benefit of the creditors of said bank. At the trial of the action, counsel on each side at the close of all the evidence, without more, requested a directed verdict. The request of counsel for…
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