Borden v. City of Houston

GILL, Associate Justice.

The city of Houston, á municipal corporation, filed suit on the 15th day of April, 1899,, against Emmo 0. Borden, T. P. Borden, Carrie B. Miller and J. B. Miller, plaintiffs in. error, and other persons not parties to this writ of error, for the recovery of $2131.35 in gross, being taxes, interest, and costs alleged to be due upon 10.02 acres of land, situated in said city, for the years 1887, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, and 1898. Personal service was had upon defendants J. H. Burnett and M. Ullman, who were residents of the State, but prior to trial the suit…