Wood v. City of Galveston
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before Hon. Wm. H. Stewart.
1Opinion of the Court
ACKER, Presiding Judge.
The city of Galveston brought this suit against Mrs. Ann E. Wood to recover $458.66, alleged to be one-third of the cost of filling, grading, and paving Twenty-third Street in front of a lot belonging to defendant and abutting on said street, and to foreclose a lien on the lot for the sum sued for.
The petition was filed on the 33d day of May, 1888, and citation was served on defendant on the 39th day of the same month. The court convened on the 4th day of June, 1888, and on the 8th day of that month, the defendant having failed to answer, judgment by default was…
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- Randall v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- O'Connor v. TownsTexas Supreme Court · 1846
- Gatlin v. DibrellTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Allen v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- Dickson v. BurkeTexas Supreme Court · 1866
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