Hansen v. Hidalgo & Cameron Counties Water Control & Improvement District Number Nine

POPE, Justice.

Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Water Control and Improvement District Number Nine sued and recovered a judgment for debt against H. L. Hansen and Harold Hansen in the amount of $765.04. Plansens pleaded that the debt was barred by the two-year statute of limitations, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 5526, but the trial court held that the contract between the parties was in writing and that it was subject to the four-year statute of limitations, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 5527. The trial court also held that, in any event, the suit was brought within two years.

Plaintiff is a municipal…