Western Nat. Bank of Ft. Worth v. Texas Christian University
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Marvin H. Brown, Judge. Action by Mitehell-Gartner & Company and another against the Texas Building Company, in which the Texas Christian University was summoned as a garnishee. The garnishee interpleaded the Western National Bank of Ft. Worth and others. From a judgment against the bank, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
The Texas Building Company erected a building for the Texas Christian University known as “Clark Hall,” under a written contract, by the terms of which the owner was to pay to the contractor $56,-200. After all of the contract price had been paid with the exception of $5,505.20, writs of garnishment were served upon the university by Mitehell-Gartner & Co. and J. W. Mitchell & Co., judgment creditors of the building company, to subject the balance owing by the university to the payment of the judgments. In its answer to the writ, the garnishee alleged the building contract, the balance due…
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