OH 0023 | Oral History

OH 0023

Attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). His experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s. James Allred’s gubernatorial campaigns; early insurance litigation; appointment as assistant state attorney general, 1953; state insurance frauds and scandals; U. S. Trust and Guaranty case; relationship with Texas Insurance Board; accounting and bookkeeping irregularities; Texas Mutual and General American cases; role of Byron Saunders; legislative investigating committees; fraudulent activities of Ben Jack Cage; roles of Texas Attorneys General Will Wilson and John Ben Sheppard; suit against Republic Bank of Dallas; role of Ralph Yarborough.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 328 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) E. Dale Odom
Date of Interview June 15, 1968, August 14, 1968, August 21, 1968, September 4, 1968, September 5, 1968

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