City of Dallas v. Atkins

This suit, in which B. M. Burgher and others intervened, was brought by George T. Atkins and others to restrain the city of Dallas and certain of its officials from enforcing ordinances passed, by which said city, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, ordered condemnation proceedings to be instituted for the purpose of enabling it to widen and straighten a public street in said city, known as Masten street, and that the cost thereof be assessed against the property in the immediate vicinity of said street and specially benefited by such improvement. The petition of the appellees was…