Markus v. Austin

Charles O. Austin, commissioner of banking of the state of Texas, brought this suit against Jake Markus to recover the sum of $1,500, alleged to be due by said Markus to said Austin, as'commissioner of banking, by virtue of an assessment alleged to have been made on January 10, 1925, against the stockholders of the Citizens’ Guaranty State Bank of Lufkin, Tex.; it being alleged that Markus was, at the time said assessment was made, the owner of 15 shares of the capital stock of said Citizens’ Guaranty State Bank, of the alleged value of $100 per share.

Markus answered by general demurrer,…