Elliott v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.

This suit was instituted in the district court of Young county, Tex., by Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company, hereinafter designated plaintiff, against Mrs. Dollie N. Elliott, hereinafter designated defendant, to recover on a paving certificate issued by the city of Olney, Tex., to Thurber Construction Company, and assigned by it to the plaintiff. The plaintiff sought judgment for the amount of the certificate and a foreclosure of an alleged statutory paving lien. The defendant contested on the grounds: (a) That the property sought to be foreclosed on was the homestead of the defendant at all…