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HALE COUNTY, TEX. v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO.

No. 6691.

63 F.2d 275 (1933)

HALE COUNTY, TEX., et al. v. AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Williams, of Plainview, Tex., and Chas. C. Crenshaw, of Lubbock, Tex., for appellants.

Joyce Cox and Ballinger Mills, both of Galveston, Tex., Allen Wight, L. E. Elliott, M. N. Chrestman, A. S. Rollins, Webster Atwell, Albert B. Hall, W. C. Gowan, and Neth L. Leachman, all of Dallas, Tex., and W. D. Girand, of Lubbock, Tex., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The county of Hale sued at law upon thirteen surety bonds given by Plainville National Bank as county depository, and appeals from a directed verdict and judgment discharging them all. Under the statutes of Texas, Rev. Stats. of 1925, art. 2544 et seq., and article 2547, as amended by Act Feb. 9, 1929, c. 11 (Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 2547), the county depository is a bank selected every two years by the county commissioners' court of each...

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