21051. Texas Bank & Trust Company (Brownsville, TX)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust company
Start Date
August 7, 1935
Location
Brownsville, Texas (25.902, -97.497)

Metadata

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
8eeae13b

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None

Description

Newspaper notices from Aug–Nov 1935 refer to the Banking Commissioner acting as statutory receiver for the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville and list foreclosure/sheriff's sales by the receiver. No articles mention depositor runs; this indicates the bank was placed in receivership (suspended) and proceeded to closure/liquidation. Dates approximated from publication dates where receiver is explicitly named.

Events (2)
1. August 7, 1935 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, is plaintiff, ... suit for debt ... payable to the order of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, ... Judgment in favor of E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, as Receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Co., of Brownsville, Texas ... Notice of Sale ... in favor of Irvin McCreary, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, and against ... for debt ... levy upon the following described tracts ... I will offer for sale ... on the 3rd day of December, 1935, ... I did, on the 12th day of November, 1935, at 10 o'clock a. m., levy ... placed in my hands for service, I. J. A. Goolsby, as Sheriff ... Levy on certain Real Estate ... as the property of ... and sell said above described Real Estate at public vendue, for cash to the highest bidder as the property of said ... (multiple legal notices).
Source
newspapers
2. August 7, 1935 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank taken into statutory receivership by the Texas Banking Commissioner (supervision/closure by state authorities).
Newspaper Excerpt
E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (9)
1. August 7, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, August 7, 1935

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT THE STATE OF TEXAS TO the Sneriff or Any Constable of Cameron County, GREETING: You Are Hereby Commanded, as thrice heretore, to summon George D. Fairbanks, sometimes known and referred to as G. D. Fairbanks, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, both of whom are residents or this county and state, out both of whom are absent from this state, to appear at the next regular term of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, to be held at the court house thereof in the City of Brownsville on the third Monday in September, 1935, being the 16th day of September, 1935, then and there to answer a petition filed in the said court on the 24th day of January, 1935, the file number of which is 13514, in which suit E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, is plaintiff, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, George D. Fairbanks ,sometimes known as G. D. Fairbanks, Hidalgo Guarantee Abstract Company, Southwest Bitulithic Company, Dennett Motor Sales Company, First National Bank of Edinburg, Texas, and Ben Freudenstein, Receiver, as receiver of the Merchants National Bank of Brownsville, Texas, are defendants, and the cause of action being alleged as follows: A suit for debt by plaintiff against the defendants Margaret McAllen Fairbanks and George D. Fairbanks, based upon a certain joint and several promissory notes executed by them, payable to the order of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, in the principal sum of $30,000.00, dated February 11, 1931, providing for interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the date of said note and payable semi-annually, and providing that all past due principal and interest should bear interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, and providing for the usual collection fee in the amount of ten per cent of the principal and interest in the event the note should be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or collected. through courts. the maturity of which note was by agreement extended to August 11, 1932, and the interest paid on the same to February 11, 1932, the suit being for the full amount of the principal of said note, the interest thereon from February 11, 1932. and the collection fees, there being admitted. however, the following credits on interest:

2. August 14, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, August 14, 1935

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT THE STATE OF TEXAS To the Sheriff or Any Constable of Cameron County, GREETING: You Are Hereby Commanded, as thrice heretofore, to summon George D. Fairbanks, sometimes known and referred to as G. D. Fairbanks, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, both of whom are residents of this county and state, but both of whom are absent from this state, to appear at the next regular term of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, to be held at the court house thereof in the City of Brownsville on the third Monday in September, 1935, being the 16th day of September, 1935, then and there to answer a petition filed in the said court on the 24th day of January, 1935, the file number of which is 13514, in which suit E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, is plaintiff, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, George D. Fairbanks ,sometimes known as G. D. Fairbanks, Hidalgo Guarantee Abstract Company, Southwest Bitulithic Company, Dennett Motor Sales Company, First National Bank of Edinburg, Texas, and Ben Freudenstein, Receiver, as receiver of the Merchants National Bank of Brownsville, Texas, are defendants, and the cause of action being alleged as follows: A suit for debt by plaintiff against the defendants Margaret McAllen Fairbanks and George D. Fairbanks, based upon a certain joint and several promissory notes executed by them, payable to the order of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, in the principal sum of $30,000.00, dated February 11, 1931, providing for interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the date of said note and payable semi-annually, and providing that all past due principal and interest should bear interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, and providing for the usual collection fee in the amount of ten per cent of the principal. and interest in the event the note should be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or collected through courts. the maturity of which note was by agreement extended to August 11, 1932, and the interest paid on the same to February 11. 1932, the suit being for the full amount of the principal of said note. the interest thereon from February 11, 1932. and the collection fees, there being admitted. however, the following credits on interest:

3. August 21, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, August 21, 1935

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: EGAL ADVERTISEM THE STATE OF TEXAS To the Sheriff or Any Constable of Cameron County, GREETING: You Are Hereby Commanded, as thrice heretofore. to summon George D. Fairbanks, sometimes known and referred to as G. D. Fairbanks, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, both of whom are residents of this county and state, but both of whom are absent from this state, to appear at the next regular term of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, to be held at the court house thereof in the City of Brownsville on the third Monday in September, 1935, being the 16th day of September, 1935, then and there to answer a petition filed in the said court on the 24th day of January, 1935, the file number of which is 13514, in which suit E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, is plaintiff, and Margaret McAllen Fairbanks, George D. Fairbanks ,sometimes known as G. D. Fairbanks, Hidaigo Guarantee Abstract Company, Southwest Bitulithic Company, Dennett Motor Sales Company, First National Bank of Edinburg, Texas, and Ben Freudenstein, Receiver, as receiver of the Merchants National Bank of Brownsville, Texas, are defendants, and the cause of action being alleged as follows: A suit for debt by plaintiff against the defendants Margaret McAllen Fairbanks and George D. Fairbanks, based upon a certain joint and several promissory notes executed by them, payable to the order of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, in the principal sum of $30,000.00, dated February 11, 1931, providing for interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the date of said note and payable semi-annually, and providing that all past due principal and interest should bear interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, and providing for the usual collection fee in the amount of ten per/cent of the principal and interest in the event the note should be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or collected through courts, the maturity of which note was by agreement extended to August 11. 1932, and the interest paid on the same to February 11. 1932, the suit being for the full amount of the principal of said note. the interest thereon from February 11, 1932. and the collection fees, there being admitted. however, the following credits on interest:

4. September 9, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, September 9, 1935

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SHERIFF'S SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 103rd Judicial District Court of Cameron County on the 8th iday of August 1935, by J. J. Bishop. Clerk of said Court. for the sum of Twelve Hundred Seventy-nine & 86100 Dollars, with interest and costs of suit, under a Judgment in favor of E. C. Brand. Banking Commissioner of Texas, as Receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Co., of Brownsville, Texas in

5. September 16, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, September 16, 1935

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT SHERIFF'S SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 103rd Judicial District Court of Cameron County on the 8th day of August 1935, by J. J. Bishop. Clerk of said Court, for the sum of Twelve Hundred Seventy-nine & 86100 Dollars, with interest and costs of suit, under a Judgment in favor of E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas, as Receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Co., of Brownsville, Texas in a certain cause in said Court, No. 13759 and styled: E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas vs. Margaret McIntee, et al., placed in my hands for service, I. J. A. Goolsby, as Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas, did on the 5th day of September, 1935, Levy on certain Real Estate, situated in Cameron County, Texas, described as follows, to-wit: Lots Nos. Forty-four (44), Fortyfive (45), and Forty-six (46) of Resara Terrace out of Share No. 22 of the Mspiritu Santo Grant in Cameron County, Texas: and levied upon as the property of Margaret McIntee, A, Wayne Wood and J. O. Pierce and that on the First Tuesday in October, 1935, the same being the 1st day of said month, at the Court House door of Cameron County, in the City of Brownsville, Totas, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., by virtue of said levy and said Order of Sale, I will sell said above described Real Estate at public vendue, for cash to the highest bidder. as the property of said Margaret McIntee, A. Wayne Wood and J. O. Pierce. And in compliance with law. I nive this notice by publication in the English language. once a week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding said day of sale. in the Brownsville Herald. a newspaper published in Cameron County. Witness my hand this 6th day of September, 1935. J. A. GOOLSBY, Sheriff. Cameron County, Texas By Gustavo Vera. Deputy. 9-1-16-23-3t-5003

6. September 23, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, September 23, 1935

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SHERIFF'S SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON Notice is hereby given that by virtue of 8. certain Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 103rd Judicial District Court of Cameron County on the 8th day of August 1935, by J. J. Bishop. Clerk of said Court. for the sum of Twelve Hundred Seventy-nine & 86100 Dollars. with interest and costs of suit, under a Judgment in favor of E. C. Brand. Banking Commissioner of Texas. as Receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Co., of Brownsville, Texas in a certain cause in said Court, No. 13759 and styled: E. C. Brand, Banking Commissioner of Texas vs. Margaret McIntee, et al., placed in my hands for service, I. J. A. Goolsby. as Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas. did on the 5th day of September, 1935, Levy on certain Real Estate. situated in Cameron County, Texas, described as follows, to-wit: Lots Nos. Forty-four (44), Fortyfive (45), and Forty-six (46) of Resa Terrace out of Share No. 22 of the Espiritu Santo Grant in Cameron County, Texas: and levied upon as the property of Margaret McIntee, A. Wayne Wood and J. O. Pierce and that on the First Tuesday in October, 1935, the same being the 1st day of said month. at the Court House door of Cameron County. in the City of Brownsville, Totas, between the hours of 10 8. m. and 4 p. m., by virtue of said levy and said Order of Sale, I will sell said above described Real Estate at public vendue, for cash to the highest bidder. 85 the property of said Margaret McIntee, A. Wayne Wood and J. O. Pierce. And in compliance with law. I give this notice by publication in the English language. once a week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding said day of sale, in the Brownsville Herald. a newspaper published in Cameron County. Witness my hand this 6th day of September, 1935. J. A. GOOLSBY, Sheriff. Cameron County, Texas. By Gustavo Vera. Deputy. 9-1-16-23-3t-5008.

7. November 12, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, November 12, 1935

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS ) COUNTY OF CAMERON ) By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, on a judgment rendered in said court on the 29th day of October, 1935, in favor of Irvin McCreary, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville. Texas, and against Nabor M. Torres for debt in ,the sum of $7418.92, and against the defendants Nabor M. Torres. George L. Desha, Jr., Harlingen Independent School District, Frank E. Davis, President of the Board of Trustees of said Harlingen Independent School Districe Joe Celaya, Jr., G. G. Henson, John T. Lomax, Houston & Brownsville Development Company and Henson & Lomax Development Company for the establishment and foreclosure of lien on the hereinafter described properties to make such judgment, interest and costs of suit, the said judgment being rendered in Cause No. 12,667, styled: Irvin McCreary. Banking Commissioner vs. Nabor M. Torres, et al, in said court, I did, on the 12th day of November, 1935, at 10 o'clock a. m., levy upon the following described tracts and parcels of land situated in Cameron County, Texas, to-wit: First Tract: Lot No. 4 in Block No. 36A in the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, as shown and delineated upon map made by A. W. Amthor, Civil Engineer, and duly appearing of record in the Map or Plat Records of Cameron County, Texas. in Vol. 5. at p. 13, to which map and its record reference is here made for greater particularity of description. Second Tract: Lot No. 7 in Block No. 173 in the City of Brownsville, Texas, as shown upon a certain map made by A. W. Amthor, Civil Engineer. and appearing duly of record in the office of the County Clerk of Cameron County, Texas. in Vol. 5, at p. 13. of the Map or Plat Records of Cameron County. Texas, here referred to for greater particularity of description. Third Tract: The following described lot. tract or parcel of land located and situated in Brownsville, Cameron

8. November 19, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
Article from El Heraldo De Brownsville, November 19, 1935

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE OF SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON ) By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, on a judgment rendered in said court on the 29th day of October, 1935, in favor of Irvin McCreary, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville. Texas. and against Nabor M. Torres for debt in the sum of $7418.92. and against the defendants Nabor M. Torres George L. Desha, Jr., Harlingen Independent School District. Frank E. Davis, President of the Board of Trustees of said Harlingen Independent School District, Joe Celaya, Jr., G. G. Henson. John T. Lomax, Houston & Brownsville Development Company and Henson & Lomax Development Company for the establishment and foreclosure of lien on the hereinafter described properties to make such judgment, interest and costs of suit, the said judgment being rendered in Cause No. 12,667, styled: Irvin McCreary, Banking Commissioner vs. Nabor M. Torres, et al, in said court. I did, on the 12th day of November, 1935. at 10 o'clock a. m., levy upon the following described tracts and parcels of land situated in Cameron County, Texas, to-wit: First Tract: Lot No 4 in Block No. 36A in the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. as shown and delineated upon map made by A. W. Amthor, Civil Engineer, and duly appearing of record in the Map or Plat Records of Cameron County, Texas, in Vol. 5. at p. 13. to which map and its record reference is here made for greater particularity of description. Second Tract: Lot No. 7 in Block No. 173 in the City of Brownsville, Texas. as shown upon a certain map made by A. W. Amthor. Civil Engineer. and appearing duly of record in the office of the County Clerk of Cameron County, Texas. in Vol. 5. at p. 13, of the Map or Plat Records of Cameron County. Texas. here referred to for greater particularity of description. Third Tract: The following described lot. tract or parcel of land located and situated in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. to-wit: Beginning at a point which is North 0 deg. 36 min. West along the West boundary line of the Stillman Purchase. from the intersection of the West line of this property with the North line of Elizabeth Street: thence North 46 degs. 9 min. East 142.4 feet to a street sixty feet wide: thence South 45 degs. 51 min. East 6.5 feet: thence South 6 degs. 5 min. West 185.7 feet: thence North 45 degs. 51 min. West 180 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.39 acre. more or less, lying and being out of Acre Block 8 within the city limits of the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. Fourth Tract: The following described lot, tract or parcel of land located and situated in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, to-wit: Beginning at a point which is North 0 degs. 36 min. West 172 feet from the Southwest corner of Acre Block 8; thence North 80 degs. 28 min. west 60 feet; thence North 9 degs. 27 min. East 220.3 feet to South right-of-way line of road; thence with said right-of-way line South 43 degs. 51 min. East 180.8 feet; thence South 46 degs. 9 min. West 142.4 feet to place of beginning, containing 46 acre. more or less out of Acre Block 8 within the corporate limits of the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. And on the 3rd day of December, 1935, being the first Tuesday of said month, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., on said day, at the court house door of Cameron County, Texas, I will offer for sale, and sell, at public auction. for cash, all the right, title and interest of the said Nabor M. Torres. George L. Desha. Jr., Harlingen Independent School District, Frank E. Davis, President of the Board of Trustees of said Harlingen Independent School District. Joe Celaya, Jr., G. G. Henson, John T. Lomax, Houston & Brownsville Development Company and Henson & Lomax Development Company in and to said property. Dated at Brownsville, Texas, this 12th day of November, 1935. J. A. GOOLSBY, Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas. By Gustavo Vera. deputy. 11-12-19-26-3t-5049.

9. November 26, 1935 El Heraldo De Brownsville Brownsville, TX
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NOTICE OF SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS ) COUNTY OF CAMERON ) By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the 103rd Judicial District Court in and for Cameron County, Texas, on a judgment rendered in said court on the 29th day of October, 1935, in favor of Irvin McCreary, Banking Commissioner of Texas, in his official capacity as statutory receiver of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Brownsville, Texas, and against Nabor M. Torres for debt in the sum of $7418.92, and against the defendants Nabor M. Torres. George L. Desha, Jr., Harlingen Independent School District, Frank E. Davis, President of the Board of Trustees of said Harlingen Independent School District, Joe Celaya, Jr., G. G. Henson, John T. Lomax, Houston & Brownsville Development Company and Henson & Lomax Development Company for the establishment and foreclosure of lien on the hereinafter described properties to make such judgment, interest and costs of suit, the said judgment being rendered in Cause No. 12,667, styled: Irvin McCreary. Banking Commissioner vs. Nabor M. Torres, et al, in said court, I did, on the 12th day of November, 1935, at 10 o'clock a. m., levy upon the following described tracts and parcels of land situated in Cameron County, Texas, to-wit: First Tract: Lot No. 4 in Block No. 36A in the City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, as shown and delineated upon map made by A. W. Amthor, Civil Engineer, and duly appearing of record in the Map or Plat Records of Cameron County, Texas, in Vol. 5. at p. 13, to which map and its record reference is here made for greater particularity of description. Second Tract: Lot No. 7 in Block No. 173 in the City of Brownsville, Texas, as shown upon n certain map made