Thurber Brick Co. v. Cox

LESLIE, Justice.

The Thurber Brick Company, a corporation, filed this suit against Jess Cox and others to recover on a paving certificate issued by the city of Stephenville for paving of Frey street in front of lot 2, block 2, of the Right’s Second addition to the city of Steph-enville. At the time of the paving the lot was owned by C. H. Colvin, one of the defendants, and the certificate was issued to Texas Pacific -Coal & Oil Company, and transferred by it to the plantiff Colvin made default, but the defendant Cox answered setting up, among other defenses, an alleged superior lien against…