City of Galveston v. Devlin

TABLTOH, Judge,

Section B. — Harry Devlin filed this suit against the city of Galveston, in the District Court of Galveston County, on Hovember 12, 1889, to recover $2098.46 for extra labor and material furnished in the construction of a hospital building erected and constructed by him for the city. He recovered judgment for the sum of $1500, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

His petition is assailed as insufficient on general demurrer, and we hence deem it proper to insert an elaborate statement of its allegations,, taken from his brief, as follows:

“1. That the city of Galveston is…