Adams v. Fisher
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Appellants below obtained a writ of injunction restraining L. 0. Fisher, tax collector of the city of Galveston, and the city of Galveston, from collecting an alleged local assessment for the grading, filling and paving Mechanic street between 21st and 33d streets, in ' the city of Galveston, and from enforcing said assessment by selling specified lots fronting on the improvement, and owned respectively by…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. Appellants below obtained a writ of injunction restraining L. 0. Fisher, tax collector of the city of Galveston, and the city of Galveston, from collecting an alleged local assessment for the grading, filling and paving Mechanic street between 21st and 33d streets, in ' the city of Galveston, and from enforcing said assessment by selling specified lots fronting on the improvement, and owned respectively by the several appellants, who brought suit for themselves and others." Appellees moved to dissolve for want of equity in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
It is not denied that sections 127 and 128 of the charter of the city of Galveston are broad enough, in terms, to empower the city to cause its streets to be graded, shelled, repaired, paved or otherwise improved, and to impose upon the owners of property on such streets as are so improved one-third of the cost of the improvement in front of any particular lot or fractional lot, to make one-third of the cost of the improvement of a street in front of a particular lot or fractional lot a charge upon its owner, and a lien upon the lot or fractional lot.
It is denied,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of New Haven v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Allen v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- City of Lafayette v. FowlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
- City of Galveston v. HeardTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Hewes v. ReisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870
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- Cunningham v. CunninghamTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Connor v. City of ParisTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Gould v. City of ParisTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Adams v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1888
- Gillespie v. Fuller Const. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
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