Broke, not broken
Subtitle: Homer Maxey's Texas bank war
By: by Broadus A. Spivey and Jesse Sublett ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken ; sketches by Glenna Goodacre
Contributors: Sublett, Jesse, author
Series: American liberty & justice; American liberty & justice
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780896728554
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Citizens National Bank of Lubbock; Foreclosure; Corrupt practices; Judicial sales; Banks and banking
Other titles: Homer Maxey's Texas bank war
Description: "A Homeric hero in an epic foreclosure battle Homer Maxey was a war hero, multimillionaire, and pillar of the Lubbock, Texas, community. During the post-World War II boom, he filled the West Texas horizon with new apartment complexes, government buildings, hotels, banks, shopping centers, and subdivisions. On the afternoon of February 16, 1966, executives of Citizens National Bank of Lubbock met to launch foreclosure proceedings against Maxey. In a secret sale, more than 35,000 acres of ranch land and other holdings were divided up and sold for pennies on the dollar. By closing time, Maxey was penniless. Maxey sued the bank and every member of the board of directors, including long-time friends and business partners. Almost fifteen years, two jury trials, and nine separate appeals later, the case was settled on September 22, 1980. Broke, Not Broken, the story of this record-breaking, precedent-setting legal case, illuminates a community and a self-styled go-getter who refused to back down, even when his opponents were old friends, well-heeled leaders of the community, a bank backed by powerful Odessa oil men, and the most formidable attorneys in West Texas"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index.