Noa Spears and Wife v. City of San Antonio
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The City of San Antonio sued Spears and wife and appealed from a judgment in favor of defendant. The judgment was reversed and rendered against the wife, 206 S. W., 703, and appellees procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
Defendant in error, City of San Antonio, sued plaintiffs in error, Noa Spears and Mrs. May H. Spears, husband and wife, to recover, the sum due on a certificate of assessment for part of the cost of pavn:-g a certain street in San Antonio. Mrs. Spears owned, as her separate estate, a lot and part of another lot on the street, which constituted the residence homestead of herself and husband. The cty also sought to foreclose a lien for the amount med for against said homestead.
Judgment was rendered in the District Court that the City take nothing by its suit. On appeal, the judgment was…
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