Cobb v. City of Dallas

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a temporary injunction sought by Stella Cobb, a widow, and First National Bank in Dallas, independent executor and trustee of the estate of her deceased husband, Robert O. Cobb, to restrain the ap-pellees City of Dallas and Minyard Properties, Inc. from closing a public alley and constructing private improvements thereon.

At different times in the years 1947-1951 the Cobbs acquired Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Block 5370 of the City of Dallas. These lots are parallel to each other and front on Garland Road. The rear boundaries of…