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  • - Homer Maxey's Texas Bank War
    af Broadus Spivey
    312,95 kr.

    Presents the story of Homer Maxey, war hero and multimillionaire, and his record-breaking, precedent-setting legal case, that illuminates a community and a self-styled go-getter who refused to back down, even when his opponents were old friends, well-heeled leaders of the community, a bank backed by powerful Odessa oil men and the most formidable attorneys in West Texas.

  • - The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love
    af David Langum
    362,95 kr.

  • - The 1894 Wells Fargo Scam That Backfired
    af Neal Bill
    362,95 kr.

    In 1894, George Isaacs, the penniless black sheep of his family, was running with the worst of the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory. There, a get-rich-quick scheme that seemed fool proof was hatched up. The scheme failed and led to two murders. With his usual rough-and-tumble tenacity, Bill Neal undertakes the investigation of these murders.

  • - A Legal History of Texas
    af Michael S. Ariens
    312,95 - 477,95 kr.

    "An overarching history of the law and legal culture of Texas, particularly investigating the days of early settlement through 1920; Texas's law of property, families, and businesses; criminal law and tort law; and the Texas legal profession"--Provided by publisher.

  • - Texas Ranger Arthur Hill
    af S. E. Spinks
    232,95 kr.

    In a career forged in the saddle on scout duty along the Rio Grande, Arthur Hill witnessed dramatic changes from 1947 to 1974. From the Lone Star Steel strike, the KKK, and the "Dixie Mafia" to problems of drug-running and illegal immigration, Arthur Hill's life as a Texas ranger illuminates both the present and the past.

  • - Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style
    af Bill Neal
    197,95 - 312,95 kr.

    From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seduction, and sodomy were many, but formal penal code seemed insufficiently stringent to southerners, who often sought other redress. This title presents the 'honor defense' in six celebrated murder trials, 1896-1977.

  • - How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West
    af Bill Neal
    197,95 - 312,95 kr.

    A companion volume to ""Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier"" that takes readers from Mississippi to the frontiers of West Texas, Indian Territory, New Mexico Territory, and finally the frozen Montana wilderness through a series of linked, true-life tales of crimes and trials.

  • - Judge George M. Bourquin, Defender of the Rule of Law
    af Arnon Gutfeld
    307,95 - 552,95 kr.

    ""Analyzes the major issues and dilemmas facing early twentieth-century US judges--specifically George M. Bourquin, Federal District judge in Montana from 1912 to 1934--in the American West"--Provided by publisher"--

  • - Homer Maxey's Texas Bank War
    af Broadus Spivey & Jesse Sublett
    212,95 kr.

    Recounts the raging legal conflict that lasted three times as long as World War II. The book is titled Broke, Not Broken because that describes Maxey at the time of his legal war. It is being read widely in Lubbock and also across the state. -Ray Westbrook, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal The story of a rich man's rise and fall is not that unusual, but when set in ultra-conservative, pro-business Lubbock, and the man is Homer Maxey, you've got an exceptional chronicle of the American Dream gone bad. - Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life Homer Maxey was a war hero, multimillionaire, and pillar of the Lubbock, Texas, community. During the post-World War II boom, he filled the West Texas horizon with new apartment complexes, government buildings, hotels, banks, shopping centers, and subdivisions. On the afternoon of February 16, 1966, executives of Citizens National Bank of Lubbock met to launch foreclosure proceedings against Maxey. In a secret sale, more than 35,000 acres of ranch land and other holdings were divided up and sold for pennies on the dollar. By closing time, Maxey was penniless. Maxey sued the bank and every member of the board of directors, including long-time friends and business partners. Almost fifteen years, two jury trials, and nine separate appeals later, the case was settled on September 22, 1980. Broke, Not Broken, the story of this record-breaking, precedent-setting legal case, illuminates a community and a self-styled go-getter who refused to back down, even when his opponents were old friends, well-heeled leaders of the community, a bank backed by powerful Odessa oil men, and the most formidable attorneys in West Texas.

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