First Nat. Bank in Graham v. Corbin

McDONALD, .Chief Justice.

This suit involved numerous claims of creditors of one N. B. Crenshaw, growing out of certain oil operations of the latter in Young County, Texas. Two suits were consolidated, and the judgment disposed of many parties and many issues. Only two parties appealed, upon the issues hereinafter noted.

We are faced at the outset, in our consideration of the appeal, with a confused situation relating to procedure. It appears from the record that the case came on for trial, before a jury, on September 19th, 1940. On the following day two issues were submitted to the jury. The…