# Citizens Bank of Bryan v. First State Bank

> Texas Supreme Court · April 18, 1979 · 22 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 306

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9769423

## Case

- **Full name:** CITIZENS BANK OF BRYAN Et Al., Petitioners, v. FIRST STATE BANK, HEARNE, Texas Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 18, 1979
- **Citations:** 22 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 306; 580 S.W.2d 344; 1979 Tex. LEXIS 271
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Denton
- **Judges:** Steakley, Denton
- **Cited by:** 136 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that if the language of a statute is susceptible of two constructions, one of which will carry out such manifest object and the other defeat it, it should receive the former construction

## Opinion text

DENTON, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. It is my opinion that the court of civil appeals has correctly decided this case, and I agree with that court’s opinion. Tex.Civ.App., 569 S.W.2d 604 .

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