Matagorda County v. Horn
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Matagorda County; Sam’l J. Styles, Judge. Action by W. R. I-Iorn against the County of Matagorda and Matagorda County Road District No. 2. From a judgment against the latter defendant, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
W. R. Horn brought this suit against Matagorda county, and Matagorda county road district No. 2, a road corporation, organized under, and exercising the rights and powers conferred by, article 627 of the Revised Statutes of 1911, to recover the sum of $1,885.50, for damages alleged to have been suffered by him by reason of the breach of a certain contract entered into between him and said road district for the hauling and distribution of certain mud shell upon the roads of said road district. Mata-gorda county was dismissed from the suit before the trial. Judgment was rendered against the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nugent v. Board of Mississippi Levee CommissionersMississippi Supreme Court · 1880
- City of Sherman v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Harrison County v. LoveTexas Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- Horn v. Matagorda CountyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919