Jones v. City of Jefferson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted by appellant to recover a large indebtedness alleged to be due by appellee to him. The petition alleged the incorporation of the city under special acts of the legislature, and its reorganization in the year 1878, under the general law of the state, by the requisite vote of the city council, and also averred that at the time of its filing, Ward Taylor, Jr., was mayor of said city; that John Penman was president pro tern of the city council, and that J. P. Durr was clerk and secretary of said city, and prayed that citation issue and that it be…
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