FIRST STATE B. & T. CO. OF RIO GRANDE CITY v. COLPAUGH

No. 15057.

489 S.W.2d 675 (1972)

FIRST STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF RIO GRANDE CITY et al., Appellants, v. William J. COLPAUGH et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, King & Waite, Mission, H. P. Guerra, III, Rio Grande City, for appellants.

Rankin, Kern & Martinez, McAllen, Forrest L. Jones, Donna, Ronald D. Karchmer, Stone, Luther & Dyer, Corpus Christi, for appellees.


CADENA, Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case in which plaintiffs, First State Bank & Trust Company of Rio Grande City and Clinton Manges, assail the order of the trial court granting the individual pleas of privilege of the four defendants, William J. Colpaugh, Kenneth Hearn, Sam Perkins and Woodrow Mann.

Plaintiff's petition sought recovery against defendants of $147,086.80, essentially because of fraud perpetrated on Frank Anderson, the chief executive...

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