Puckett Wear v. City of Ft. Worth

Puckett Wear constructed a sidewalk and curb adjacent to property owned by Bishop Birchfield in the city of Ft. Worth under a contract with the owners to be paid for such work. They instituted this suit against the city for damages in the sum of $129.60 as the extra cost of tearing out and replacing the sidewalk and curbing, which, according to allegations in their petition, they originally completed in accordance with the negligent directions of the city engineer, who thereafter required them to remove it; and proof was introduced by plaintiffs sufficient to sustain those allegations. But,…