Legal Opinion
Cox v. Thurber Brick Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 12, 1935No. 1437PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKMAN, Chief Justice.
The city council of Stephenville, by resolution and ordinance, ordered the paving of Devine street, and assessed a certain percentage of the costs thereof against the owners of the abutting lots. Several years prior to the passage of this ordinance, J. A. Johnson, who owned all the south one-half of lot No. 1, block 49, same being more than 400 feet deep, cut it into four lots, numbering them subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4, and sold and conveyed subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 to T. C. Primrose, who improved them. ‘ Subdivision 4, retained by Johnson, abutted on Devine street,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- J. P. Wooten Motor Co. v. First Bank of SwensonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
- Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. v. First Nat. Bank of McGregorTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- McMullan v. San Antonio Joint Stock Land Bank of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
3Cited by4 opinions
- Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. v. WarrenTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Keller v. City of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Thurber Brick Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Broussard v. OldhamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940