Jones v. L. E. Whitham & Co.

Appellee, L. E. Whitham Company, sued appellant C. H. Jones, seeking a personal judgment and to foreclose a special reassessment certificate or paving lien against the property described in the petition; and Dudley Jones was likewise sued. Judgment was for appellee as prayed against C. H. Jones, and by default against Dudley Jones, served as a nonresident, for foreclosure of the assessment lien only; hence this appeal by C. H. Jones.

On December 10, 1927, the city of San Angelo, operating under a home-rule charter and under the provisions of the Street Improvement Law, chapter 9, title 28,…