City of Garland v. S. H. Lynch & Associates

BATEMAN, Justice.

This suit was brought originally in the district court by appellees as owners of a strip of land in the City of Garland, Texas, 30 feet wide and 490 feet long. Alleging that the appellant, City of Garland, had entered upon the premises and begun construction of a public street thereon, the ap-pellees sued, not only for possession and removal of cloud on their title, and for damages, but also for injunction restraining appellant from further entering upon the premises and continuing the construction work thereon. The appellant answered with a plea of not guilty, a general…