City of Fort Worth v. Invader Oil & Refining Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. ' Suit by the Invader Oil & Refining Company against the City of Eort Worth. Judgment adverse to plaintiff was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals (229 S. W. 616), and defendant brings error. Reversed and remanded, with instructions as recommended by the Commission of Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SPENCER, P, J.
On September 25, 1920, defendant in error, Invader Oil & Refining Company of Texas, instituted this suit against plaintiff in error, the city of Port Worth, alleging, in substance, that it was proceeding to erect and construct, in virtue of a building permit issued by the proper officers of the city of Port Worth, in accordance with the plans and specifications which said officers had approved, a gasoline filling and oil station upon property owned by it situated in the city of Port Worth and upon which it had expended large sums of money, when the city, acting through its…
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- Invader Oil & Refining Co. of Texas v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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