Hunt v. Southern Materials Co.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Southern Materials Company, brought this action in the District Court of Brazoria County for recovery of the sum of $1,437.50 alleged to be due on a certificate of special assessment for the paving of a street in the city of Velasco in Brazoria County, Texas and for foreclosure of its alleged statutory lien on appellant’s property abutting said paving, and for attorney’s fees. Appellant answered by a special plea that there had been no substantial compliance with the contract for such paving and that the acceptance of the paving by the city authorities…