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CITY OF HOUSTON v. ADAMS

Nos. A-4840, A-4854.

279 S.W.2d 308 (1955)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Petitioner, v. Mary E. ADAMS, Respondent. CITY OF HOUSTON, Relator, v. Honorable Roy F. CAMPBELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will G. Sears, City Atty., and Richard H. Burks and Robert L. Burns, Senior Asst. City Attys., Houston, for City of Houston, for petitioner.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, C. E. Bryson and Ben H. Rice, III, Houston, for respondents.

Rehearing Denied in No. A-4854 June 8, 1955.

GRIFFIN, Justice.

A history of the litigation presented by the two above causes is as follows:

In January of 1954, Mrs. Mary E. Adams, a feme sole, filed her suit in a district court of Harris County, Texas, in which, among other things, she alleged that the City of Houston and the Gulf Bitulithic Company were constructing a drain and storm sewer which would discharge an undue amount of water across her...

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