Chapman v. Thomas

On November 27, 1923, two suits were filed in the district court of Stephens county, Tex., by J. D. Chapman, commissioner of insurance of the state of Texas, one against Ethel Thomas for $533.33, and the other against R. O. Thomas and wife, Viola Thomas, for $2,166.66, for assessments against them as alleged stockholders of certain insolvent state banks, and for 6 per cent. interest from January 1, 1922, and costs of suit and pleas of privilege were filed by defendants and sustained by the court, and the cases transferred to the district court of Taylor county, Tex., where the plaintiff’s…