Holt v. Rockwall County

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

Holt sued Eockwall County to-recover damages occasioned to his premises by reason of ditches having-been dug thereon by a road overseer for the purpose of draining a public road. It was alleged that the county, by order of its commissioners court made and entered in term time, directed the overseer to cut the ditches and assessed the damages to Holt’s property at $15, which he, upon learning of the order and allowance, refused to accept. Demurrers-to the petition, based upon the ground that the claim for damages had not been presented to the commissioners court…