City of Fort Worth v. Banner

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The City of Fort Worth filed suit for debt growing out of a failure to pay an amount assessed because of paving improvements theoretically enhancing the value of real estate. The defendant Elizabeth Banner, joined pro forma by her husband, was the sole heir of the individuals who owned the improved property at the time of the assessment.

Judgment was for the defendants and that the city take nothing. The plaintiff appealed.

Affirmed.

As disclosed by the judgment, entry thereof was upon evidence as stipulated by the parties and including the following:

In 1953, W. Yates and…