W. O. Kidder v. Ed. Hall

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court dismissed the mandamus petition filed by Kidder seeking to compel the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking to allow and classify a claim against the insolvent Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Ranger and to have the State Banking Board pay the claim from the Depositors' Guaranty Fund. The Court held it lacked jurisdiction, the relator had an adequate legal remedy, and the claim did not arise from a non‑interest‑bearing unsecured deposit protected by the Guaranty Fund.