Coleman v. First National Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Ebbob from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. Mrs. Coleman sued the bank, and, having appealed from a judgment for defendant, on its affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff in error, a widow, to recover of defendant in error certain moneys deposited in its bank by her husband during his lifetime which belonged to her own separate right. The defense was that the money was deposited with it by the husband in the name of his wife with instructions that he was to draw it out upon checks signed in her name by him, and that he had so drawn it out. To the answer of the defendant, the plaintiff replied in substance that her husband was a man of utterly dissolute habits in regard to money and unsafe to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commercial & Agricultural Bank v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Kempner v. Comer, Fairris & DialTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Munnerlyn v. Augusta Savings BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Kesler v. ZimmerschitteTexas Supreme Court · 1846
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