Shows v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; Kenneth Foree, Judge. Action by F. F. Shows against the City of Dallas. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
The appellant sued the city of Dallas alleging, in substance, that appel-lee was a municipal corporation with W. M. Holland as its mayor and J. B. Winslett as its secretary; that on the 4th day of August, 1910, Mrs. Maree Hagin Smith was .the owner of lots 14, 15, and 16 in block 13 of Reeves’ South Side subdivision, fronting on Irwin, avenue, just west of Camp street, and outside of the corporate limits of said city; that on said date Mrs. Smith, by an instrument in writing, granted to the city of Dallas the right to lay, construct, and maintain a sewer under and through said lots or parcels…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. FullerTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- G., C. & Santa Fe R. R. Co. v. EddinsTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Mayor, Aldermen & Inhabitants of Houston v. IsaacksTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. AllbrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894
- Parsons v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
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- Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
- Hanks v. City of Port ArthurTexas Supreme Court · 1932
- Cawthorn v. City of HoustonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- City of Dallas v. ShowsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- City of Waco v. RobertsTexas Supreme Court · 1932
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