Lofstedt v. Gulf Paving Co.

This is a paving assessment lien suit. It was brought by appellee, the paving company, hereafter called plaintiff, in 1940, against Zerline Rodgers Lofstedt, and husband, Carl J. Lofstedt. The property upon which plaintiff claimed to have established a paving lien is a certain lot in the City of Houston, hereafter described.

Sometime before the case came on for trial Mrs. Lofstedt died, and her will was duly probated in Harris County by her surviving husband. Thereafter, by its first amended original petition, upon which it went to trial, plaintiff proceeded with the suit against the surviving…