City of Houston v. Jones

Kenneth S. Jones sued the City of Houston on tort claims arising out of demolition work, settled those claims, then sued the City for breach of the settlement agreement. The trial court overruled the City’s plea to the jurisdiction based on immunity from suit, and the City took an interlocutory appeal. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that the City’s immunity from suit is waived by a provision in its charter authorizing it to “sue and be sued, ... contract and be contracted with, im-plead and be impleaded in all courts and places and in all matters whatever”. 1 2004 Tex.App. LEXIS 7493,…