City of Waco v. Prather

BROWN, Associate Justice.

This was a suit by the City of Waco to recover from the defendant in error taxes assessed against his property on Austin street in the said city to pay for the improvement of the street in front of his property. The District Court held that the proceedings of the city council in reaching the determination to do the work and by which the pavement contract was entered into were void, because not done by ordinance or resolution of the city council. The only evidence of the action of the city council ordering the work to he done and entering into the contract with the…