Hamman v. City of Houston

BOYD, Justice.

Josephine Milby Hamman filed this suit against the City of Houston, the County of Harris, and the State of Texas, in trespass to try title to a tract of 74.2 acres which had been conveyed to the City by Mrs. Ham-man, joined by her husband, now deceased, for public park purposes, and to a tract of 10.9 acres which had been deeded to the city by the Hammans for street purposes in order to make the park area more readily accessible. In the alternative, Mrs. Ham-man alleged that the construction of a highway by the State across the 74.2 acre tract, taking about 8 acres of land and…