City of Houston v. Walker

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for damages arising under Title 42, § 1983, United States Code. Judgment was entered on a jury verdict for both actual and exemplary damages.

In 1972, appellee purchased lots 211 and 212 in block 7 of Colonial Gardens, an addition in Harris County, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 13, Page 4 of the Map Records of Harris County, Texas from Howard H. Maughn and wife, Lurline M. Maughn. The deed provided that the conveyance was made subject to the restrictions, conditions, easements and covenants, if any, applicable to and enforceable…