City of Paris v. O.N. Tucker
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Lamar County. Tucker sued the city, and on his appeal from a judgment for ¡defendant it was reversed and the cause remanded. The city obtained writ of error on the ground that the rulings settled the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This suit was brought by O. N. Tucker to enjoin the city of Paris from laying a water pipe line across his premises, to recover damages for the trespass and also to recover damages for. an alleged unlawful arrest which grew out of the same matter. The .city answered claiming, among other things, that it had caused the property to be condemned in accordance with the provisions of the city charter and set out the provisions upon which it relied, but without copying the section of the charter which prescribes the procedure. There was a verdict and judgment for the city in-the trial court, which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paul v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by41 opinions
- Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation Dist. v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- City of Paris v. SturgeonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Elmendorf v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Rabb v. La Feria Mutual Canal Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- State v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
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