Legal Opinion
City of Austin v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1900No. 903PublishedCited by 64 opinions
Questions oebtieied from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. This case, upon a previous appeal, is reported as Hall v. City of Austin, 20 Texas Civil Appeals, 59.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and questions:
“Appellee, Amelia Hall, joined pro forma by her husband, brought this suit to recover damages from the city of Austin, alleged to have been sustained by her as the owner of a tract of land with improvements, constituting the homestead of herself and husband, and located west of the Colorado River, near the city of Austin.
“In the main, the plaintiff’s case is based upon the theory that the construction and maintenance by the city of a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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