Coleman v. First National Bank

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit in the District Court of Ellis County, Texas, on August 27, 1895, against the First National Bank of Waxahachie and R. G. Phillips, to recover moneys alleged to have been deposited by her in said bank. The defendants filed exceptions to the petition, which were sustained by the court, and judgment was entered for defendants, from which-plaintiff has appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.

Stripped of its unnecessary verbiage and irrelevant allegations, the petition, after the formal allegations as to citizenship of the…