Rudolph S. Blome Co. v. Herd
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County. Actions by H. B. Herd against Rudolph S. Blome Company and another to review an assessment of benefits for street paving, and by Rudolph S. Blome Company and another against II. B. Herd to recover special assessments levied for the paving, were consolidated for trial. Judgment rendered for H. B. Herd, and the other parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
We think we can perhaps [ best present this case in a historical manner and in, a chronological order. So endeavoring to do, it appears that the city of Ft. Worth is a municipal corporation acting under a special charter granted to it by the Legislature of the state of Texas by act approved March 10,1909. See Loe. & Sp. Laws, 1909, p. 227 et seq. In chapter 12 of that act, relating to pavement of streets and thoroughfares it is provided, among other things (section 3), that the board of commissioners of the city “shall have power to order the improvement of any highway or highways, or part…
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