Elmendorf v. City of San Antonio

The city of San Antonio brought suit against Mrs. Mary Elmendorf and her three adult children, Stella, Armin, and Edward Elmendorf, for the use and benefit of the Western Paving Company, on a paving certificate issued by that city to that company on April 12, 1915, by virtue of an assessment ordinance alleged to have been passed on March 1, 1915. The amount sued' for was $2,330.37, principal, with 8 per cent, interest and reasonable attorney’s fees, alleged to be $1,000, and for foreclosure of an assessment lien on certain premises abutting on West Josephine street, San Antonio. The Western…