Case Name: SOUTHWEST NAT. BANK et al. v. CHAPMAN, Com'r of Insurance and Banking
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-10-16
Citations: 266 S.W. 599
Docket Number: No. 93
Parties: SOUTHWEST NAT. BANK et al. v. CHAPMAN, Com’r of Insurance and Banking.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 266
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
SOUTHWEST NAT. BANK et al. v. CHAPMAN, Com’r of Insurance and Banking.
(No. 93.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Waco.
Oct. 16, 1924.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 11, 1924.)
1. Appeal and error <@=>773(4) — Judgment affirmed, where appellant files no brief and record presents no apparent fundamental error.
Under Rev. St. art. 2115, and rule 38 for Courts of Civil Appeals, judgment of trial court will be affirmed pursuant to appellee’s brief, where appellant files no brief and the record presents no apparent fundamental error.
On Rehearing.
2. Venue <@=>13 — Statute held to authorize suit to establish ownership of, and for recovery of, notes to be brought in any county where they may be when suit is brought.
Rev. St. art. 1830, subd. 10, does not require a suit to establish ownership and for recovery of possession of notes to be brought in county of residence of defendant claiming ownership and right of possession thereto, but authorizes suit to be brought in any county in, which the property may be at time suit is instituted.
3. Venue <S==>13 — All persons claiming interest In notes sought to be recovered held proper parties, joinabie in one suit in county where notes are.
All persons interested ip, or claiming interest in, notes sought to be recovered held proper parties, joinabie in one suit in county where notes are when suit is instituted, pursuant to Rev. St. art. 1830, subd. 10.
Appeal from District Court, Johnson County; Irwin T. Ward, Judge.
Suit by J. D. Chapman, as Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, against the Southwest National Bank and others. From a judgment overruling their plea of privilege, defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
B. Gayle Prestridge, of Cleburne, and Bailey, Nickels & Bailey and R. L. Stennis, all of Dallas, for appellants.
S. C. Padelford, of Fort Worth, and F. E. Johnson and Heber Henry, both of Cle-burne, for appellee.

Opinion:
BARCUS, J.
Appellee instituted this suit in the district court of Johnson county against appellants,' to recover possession of bills receivable, notes and shares of stock in the Federal International Banking Company, claimed by appellee to be the assets of the Guaranty State Bank at Cleburne, Tex., in the aggregate sum of $48,902.25, which personal property appellee alleged was at the time the suit was instituted in Cle-burne, Johnson county, Tex. Appellee also alleged that the property had been, in Johnson county, Tex., fraudulently transferred to the appellant Southwest National Bank of Dallas. The defendants filed pleas of privilege, to which the appellee filed a controverting affidavit. • The court, after a hearing, overruled the pleas of privilege, from which this appeal is perfected.
Appellants have filed no briefs in this cause, and appellee has filed his brief asking that the judgment of the trial court bo affirmed. We have examined the record for fundamental error, and none being apparent, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed. Article 2115, Revised Statutes; rule 38 for Courts of Civil Appeals; Mangum v. Thurman (Tex. Civ. App.) 186 S. W. 227; Robinson v. Hill (Tex. Civ. App.) 193 S. W. 1082.
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