McCarthy v. City of Houston

GREEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a take nothing judgment based on an instructed verdict in favor of appellees City of Houston, hereafter called City, and Harris County Flood Control District, hereafter called District, defendants below. The suit, in trespass to try title, arose by reason of City erecting a bridge across Brays Bayou within the city limits partly on property previously conveyed by deed from appellants to District March 14, 1956, for a cash paid consideration of $38,958.50. This deed contained a proviso that District, its assigns or successors in office, would not, for a…