Howell v. Knox

RAYMOND GRAY, Justice.

Will G. Knox as receiver of the Texas Fire and Casualty Underwriters, a reciprocal insurance exchange organized under the provisions of Chap. 20, Title 78, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. St. art. 5024 et seq., brought this suit, as a class action, against H. H. Howell and 29 named defendants, individually and as representatives of 4,298 unnamed defendants, and alleged all defendants were subscribers of said Texas Fire and Casualty Underwriters. The suit was for the purpose of obtaining a levy of an assessment against the subscribers under the…