PORT ARTHUR TRUST COMPANY v. MULDROW

No. A-5493.

291 S.W.2d 312 (1956)

PORT ARTHUR TRUST COMPANY et al., Relators, v. A. M. (Al) MULDROW, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutan, Phares, Hall & Flowers, Port Arthur, for relators.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Will D. Davis, William H. Clark, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.


GRIFFIN, Justice.

On October 9, 1953, a charter was issued by the then Secretary of State to "Port Arthur Trust Company" under the provisions of Article 1303b, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. By the charter the corporation (hereinafter called Trust Company) possessed the power "to act as Trustee under any lawful express trust committed to it by contract or will, or under appointment of any court, * * * and as agent for the performance of any lawful...

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