Shambaugh v. Bellar

Plaintiff in error brought this suit in the district court of Jefferson county, Tex., to recover upon a paving certificate issued by the city of Beaumont for the sum of $406.25, with accrued interest, and for $150 as attorney’s fee. The pz’ayer was for judgment personally against defendant in error and for foreclosure of the paving lien.

Defendant in error answered by general demurrer, general denial, and specially that the property against which the paving certificate was issued was, and for many years had been, his homestead; that the paving involved was constructed without his consent and…