Webb v. City of Fort Worth Ex Rel. West Texas Const. Co.

The city of Fort Worth sued, for the use and benefit of the West Texas Construction Company, B. R. Webb, Jr., and Mrs. D. I. Webb, his mother, a widow, for paving done on Pembroke drive and in front of a house owned by B. R. Webb, Jr., and occupied by Mrs. L. I. Webb. It was alleged that all the requisites for fixing a lien of the premises for the payment of the paving were complied with, and that the paving was done, and that the defendants had failed and refused to pay therefor.

Defendants alleged that the amount of the indebtedness claimed by plaintiff was below the jurisdiction of the…