Simms v. City of Mt. Pleasant

The city of Mt. Pleasant was incorporated under the general laws of Texas. Some time prior to 1919 the city adopted the provisions of chapter 11, tit. 22, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, now articles 1086 to 1096, inclusive, of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925. On September 7, 1927, the city passed an ordinance providing for paving several of its streets and for the construction of curbs and sidewalks. The appellant, Miss Nettie Simms, owns a lot abutting on one of the streets to be paved. The ordinance provided that the abutting property owners should pay the entire cost of the…