Fort Worth Savings Bank & Trust Company

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: trust
Start Date: May 25, 1917
Location: Fort Worth, Texas (32.725, -97.321)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: eac6f5e0f9970c86

Response Measures

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Description

The article (May 25, 1917) references the receiver of the Fort Worth Savings Bank and Trust Company and a suit brought by the receiver. There is no mention of a depositor run in the text. Presence of a receiver implies the bank was closed and in receivership (permanent closure). OCR errors in the excerpt (e.g., 'Balrridge', 'San ings') were retained but do not change the identification.

Events (1)

1. May 25, 1917 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Suit for $50,000, involved transaction with the late E. Balrridge of the Fort Worth San ings Bank and Trust Company, ... The action been brought by Brown Harwon receiver of the savings bank.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. May 25, 1917 The Waxahachie Daily Light Waxahachie, TX

Article from The Waxahachie Daily Light, May 25, 1917

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Article Text

BANK WINS $50,000 SUIT ON INSTRUCTED VERDIC FORT WORTH, Texas, May % Suit for $50,000, Involved : transaction with the late E. Balrridge of the Fort Worth San ings Bank and Trust Company, 11 won by the Fort Worth National bank, on an instructed verdiet terday afternoon. The action been brought by Brown Harwon receiver of the savings bank. court held the complainant failed to show liability on the of the Fort Worth National be