Vey v. City of Fort Worth

BROWN, Justice.

Defendant in error, city of Fort Worth, brought a condemnation proceeding in county court at law No. 1, of Tarrant county, to take a strip of land from plaintiff in error’s *229property which abuts on Belknap street, in said city, in order that such street might he widened.

On the 19th day of April, 1933, the city, acting through its duly elected council, passed a resolution declaring that a public necessity existed for widening and improving such street, and that a necessity existed for acquiring plaintiff in error’s tract for such purpose. Such resolution authorized and directed…