Edwards v. Lubbock County

The plaintiff, B. J. Edwards, instituted this suit in the county court of Lubbock county, Tex., against the defendant, Lubbock county, to recover the sum of $400 for services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant.

Plaintiff, after the averments as to parties, for cause of action alleged: That the defendant was the owner of certain land fully described, which it desired to sell. That the commissioners’ court of the defendant county was unwilling to appoint a commissioner, advertise the land, and offer it for sale at public auction, unless some person was first found…