Wones v. City of Houston

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Harris County by appellant against the appellee City of Houston and the. Houston .Belt and-Terminal Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellant when his automobile struck a hole in a street in the City of Houston where the same intersected a track of the railway company. Appellee City of Houston filed a motion for summary judgment based upon the proposition that having failed to give the Mayor and City Council written notice of his claim, as required by Article…