Stephens, Ex Parte
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by John W. Stephens, Comptroller, to the Supreme Court, for writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The relator having been arrested, sued out a writ of habeas corpus and the case having been argued upon both sides, the question is, should the relator be discharged?
The case grew out of the preceedings in a certain cause pending in one of the District Courts of Travis County, wherein J. F. Salisbury is plaintiff and the Colonial Security Company are defendants. In that case the plaintiff as the holder of certain debentures of the defendant company sued in its own behalf and in behalf of such others having similar rights, who might join in the litigation, for the winding…
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