City of Brownsville v. Galvin

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

Galvan sued the City of Brownsville for damages for personal injuries. A plea in abatement was filed by the City based upon the failure of the plaintiff to serve it with written notice of his injury within thirty-days after same was sustained. By an ordinance of the City, Galvan was required, as a condition precedent to filing suit, to serve the City with a written notice within thirty days after the time he claimed to have sustained his damages, the requisites of the written notice being prescribed in the…