City of Dallas v. Johnson

Appellee, Lee T. Johnson, instituted this suit against appellant, city of Dallas, a municipal corporation, under the provisions of article 1219, R.C.S., to set aside a special assessment levied against each of two pieces of real property owned by appellee, for the purpose of opening, widening, and extending Olive-Phelps street from Live Oak street to Cedar Springs road. From a judgment deemed unfavorable to it, appellant has duly perfected an appeal. Briefly stated, the facts are as follows:

The record shows that all the necessary preliminary steps to make said improvement had been taken by…