Legal Opinion

Bennette v. Lewis

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 5, 1915No. 6986Published

Appeal from District Court, Montgomery County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Action by J. O. H. Bennette against J. W. Lewis, as trustee in bankruptcy of the firm of Banks Griffith & Son, and others. From a judgment dissolving a temporary injunction, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Montgomery county dissolving a temporary injunction theretofore issued by order of the judge of said court in a suit brought by appellant against the appellees, J. W. Lewis, Banks Griffith & Son, Jesse Pitts, and O. N. Puckett, and dismissing plaintiff’s suit. Plaintiff’s petition alleges, in substance, that the defendants Banks Griffith & Son, a firm composed of Banks Griffith and M. E. Griffith, were on the - day of August, 1914, adjudged bankrupt by tbe United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and defendant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Rathman v. BoothCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  3. Harris v. First National Bank of Mt. PleasantSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. J. B. McFarlan Carriage Co. v. SolanasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901

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