Hayden v. City of Houston

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The City of Houston is possessed of ■certain parcels of real estate operated as automobile parking lots. One of the parcels ■operated for such purposes is adjacent to the municipal airport. It will be termed as the “Airport Lot”.

As a means of operating these various lots, including the Airport Lot, the City has for some years resorted to a form of independent contract with firms or individuals who actually operate parking lot businesses. Pursuant to such plan of operation, the City periodically calls for bids on the basis of individual lots, the compensation to be on the…