Baptist Missionary & Educational Convention of Texas v. Knox

On February 2, 1929, in cause No. 82328 in the district court of Tar-rant county, Tex., entitled J. E. Knox et al. v. Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention of Texas, the presiding judge thereof appointed William M. McDonald receiver to take charge of the assets of the defendant corporation, conditioned upon his filing a bond as provided by statute in the sum of ¡510,000. On the same day the receiver qualified as such by giving the bond and oath required, and took charge of the assets of the defendant corporation.

The defendants took no steps to perfect an appeal from that order within…