Realty Trust Co. v. First Baptist Church of Haskell

Appellant, as assignee of Tibbetts Construction Company, instituted this suit upon a certificate of special assessment issued by the city of Haskell for the appellee’s pro rata part of the cost of improving a portion of a street in Haskell upon which its property abutted. The defendants named were the First Baptist Church, Haskell, Tex., and certain individuals composing the Board of Deacons and governing body of the church. The relief sought was a money judgment against each of the named defendants, and the foreclosure of the assessment lien against the property described. By an order…