City Bank - Houston, TX

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: March 14, 1888
Location: Houston, Texas (29.763, -95.363)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 5113b0ed

Response Measures

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Description

Article describes the City Bank as defunct and references its failure and ongoing litigation against the former president to recover deposits. No run is described in the article; the bank has already failed and is the subject of court proceedings, implying a permanent closure/receivership.

Events (1)

1. March 14, 1888 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: the defunct City Bank...the suit is brought to recover deposits in the bank at the time of failure to the amount of $10,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 15, 1888 Fort Worth Daily Gazette Fort Worth, TX

Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, March 15, 1888

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Article Text

# A TEST CASE. An Important Trial Under Way in the District Court at Houston. Special to the Gazette. HOUSTON, TEX., March 14.--The District court was engaged to-day in the trial of the case of Giddings & Giddings vs. William R. Baker, late president of the defunct City Bank. The suit is brought to recover deposits in the bank at the time of failure to the amount of $10,000. Messrs. Scott & Levi of Galveston and O. T. Hoit represent the plaintiffs, and Hutchison, Carrington & Sears and Goldthwaite & Ewing appear for the defendant. This it is understood will be a test case, and if it is decided against the defendant will involve several hundred thousand dollars.