City of Houston v. Scanlan

Mr. Commissioner RYAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by Kate Scanlan and her three sisters against the San Jacinto Construction Company and the city of Houston for damages and to enjoin the defendants from widening and paving the street along and beside block 404 in the city of Houston, which block belongs to the plaintiffs; they claimed title to the strip of land between the curb line and the fence on the southwest side of Calhoun avenue between Main and Fannin streets, being the strip of land desired by the city to widen and pave that street.

The city, by way of…