Watts v. City of Donna

This is a suit for taxes instituted by ap-pellee against Dorothy Watts and her husband, E. W. Watts. The cause was called for trial in February, 1931, and appellee having announced ready for trial an application for continuance was filed by appellants. The grounds for the continuance were that appellants’ attorneys Davenport, West & Ransom, a firm of attorneys at Brownsville, Texas, were unable to be present at that time. It was alleged that Davenport was sick and could not be present at the trial, and that West, whom appellants expected to defend, was a member of the Legislature and was on…