Brown v. City of Amarillo
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; Jas. N. Browning, Judge. Action by the City of Amarillo against Sam J. Brown and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
This suit was instituted by the city of Amarillo against Sam J. Brown, as city secretary and treasurer, and upon his official bond as such, with B. T. Ware, W. M. Lay, and Louis Anthony as sureties thereon.
The assignments in this case assail the action of the trial court in overruling certain exceptions to the plaintiff’s petition, and in sustaining certain exceptions to the appellants’ answer; and also assignments assailing the action of the court in instructing a verdict for the appellee, the city of Amarillo. In considering the case we shall not notice the several assignments in the order…
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