Tarrant County v. Rattikin Title Co.

ITALL, Justice.

The Commissioners’ Court of Tarrant County, Texas, brought this suit against appellee Jack Rattikin, doing abstract business under the trade name of Rattikin Title Company in said County, hereinafter styled appellee.

Tarrant County seeks in said suit to collect rent from appellee for • office space, lights, water, heat; elevator and janitor service furnished to appellee by said County from March 1945 until the time of filing of its amended petition, at the rate of $30 per month.

Upon a pre-trial hearing, the trial court sustained appellee’s special exceptions and a motion to…