City of Paris v. Bray
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Sixth District, in an appeal from Lamar County. The city sued Bray and wife and appealed from a judgment for defendant. On affirmance, it obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The suit was instituted by the City of Paris to recover the amount of a paving assessment, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees, for paving done in front of property of E. C. Bray (E. F. Bray being her husband) situated on a certain street in the city, and for foreclosure of a lien against the propery. A special demurrer to the city’s petition was sustained in the trial court, and the case dismissed. On the city’s appeal the honorable Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District held that the trial court erroneously sustained the special demurrer, but af firmed the judgment upon what it…
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