Taylor v. Boyd
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. Appellant Taylor, defendant below, was sued by Wm. Boyd, on two “ Street Improvement Certificates,” dated April 28, 1884, each certifying Wm.
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Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson. Appellant Taylor, defendant below, was sued by Wm. Boyd, on two “ Street Improvement Certificates,” dated April 28, 1884, each certifying Wm. Boyd & Bro. to be entitled to the sum of $223.27, from defendant Taylor, for “ gravel pavement ” constructed in front of his property, lots 8, 9 and 10, block 46, fronting one hundred and fifty feet on Preston street, “ as ordered by resolution of the city council, passed on the 9 th day of July, 1883.” One certificate was due the 28th day of April, 1884, the other on the 28th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The question whether the legislature could lawfully confer power upon the city of Houston to cause its *537streets to be improved and to impose a part of the cost of such work upon the property abutting thereon, by frontage, has been considered in effect, during the present term, in the case of Adams et al. v. L. C. Fisher et al., in which the former cases in this state are considered, and without considering the question further, we deem it sufficient to say that it may be regarded as settled by the former decisions, that such power may be and has been lawfully…
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