City of Houston v. Hutcheson

GILL, Associate Justice.

J. C. Hutcheson brought this suit against the City of Houston to recover for damages to certain property of his, alleged to be due to the acts of the city in diverting surface water along the street in front of his property, and failing to provide suEeient means for carrying it off. A trial by jury resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for $3,690, and defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

Defendant undertakes to present forty-five assignments of error. "We will notice those only which are presented in such form as to require our consideration.

A general demurrer was…