City National Bank of Cleburne v. Strickland

HALE, Justice.

Mrs. Lenora Strickland, appellee, instituted this suit on August 11, 1952, against The City National Bank of Cleburne, hereafter referred to as appellant or as the bank, for the recovery of $10,100 and interest. Among other grounds of the recovery sought, appellee alleged in substance that on October 5, 1949, the bank, without her knowledge or consent, appropriated such sum from the funds she had deposited with it and either applied the same on the indebtedness of Lyman Walker to the bank or used the same for its own benefit. The bank answered with a general denial and, in…