Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Deshotel
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 12, 1979No. 17421PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEDEN, Justice.
The City of Houston (Houston) and R. W. Robinson appeal from a judgment based on jury findings in a suit for personal injuries filed by Evelyn Deshotel, Jewel Schwabe, and Lorene Graham. The appellants contend that the plaintiffs failed to comply with the mandatory notice provision of Houston’s city charter, that the trial court’s amended judgment is void and that there is no evidence to support the court’s awarding a recovery against defendant Robinson in the amended judgment. By cross-points, plaintiffs assert that the defendants’ failure to raise the issue of notice in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- City of Houston v. HruskaTexas Supreme Court · 1955
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