Gulf Paving Co. v. Lofstedt

Mr. Judge Smedley,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Petitioner Gulf Paving Company sued Mrs. Zereline Rodgers Lofstedt and her husband, C. J. Lofstedt, to recover the principal and interest, together with reasonable attorney’s fees, of a certificate of special assessment issued pursuant to an ordinance of the City of Houston for the improvement of Broadway, a street in front of a tract of land alleged to be owned by Mrs. Lofstedt and her husband, and for foreclosure of lien securing the certificate. A writ of attachment was issued and levied upon the interests…