Schmidt v. Harrell

LANE, Justice.

In the spring of 1925 the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, a corporation, W. P. Hammond, F. C. Stewart, E. F. Simms, J. W. Lockett, Union National Bank, W. P. Hamblen, Mary A. Hamblen, W. sH. Chud-leigh, Jas. A. Painter ¡ Wm. H. Olsehewske, Russell F. Harrison, Fannie A. Roose, M. L. Trost, and H. G. and F. C. Schmidt, brothers, owning land fronting on Lawndale avenue in the city of Houston, signed and presented, or caused to be presented, to the city council of the city of Houston, Tex., the following petition:

“To the Honorable City Council of Said City:

“We the…