Turner v. City of Houston

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by the city of Houston against E. P. Turner and his wife, Mary V. Turner, and Frank Dunn for the recovery of taxes due the city and for the foreclosure of a lien therefor upon certain property assessed- against the defendants. The original petition was filed September 11, 1894, and in it the plaintiff sought to recover, as taxes due upon said property, the sum of $1576.60 for the years 1881 to 1889, inclusive. The defendants appeared in the cause by an answer filed on October 4, 1895. Afterwards, on June 8, 1897, the plaintiff filed an amended…