Hill v. Whitney

Appellants, who are general road construction contractors, entered jointly into a contract with the State Highway Commission to repair and rebuild about seven miles of highway No. 7, south of Harrison, Arkansas. Crooked Creek crosses this segment of the highway near its center. The highway had been slightly relocated at the point where it crossed the creek, and the construction work of grading and graveling had been almost completed on December 7, 1946. A new bridge was to be built adjacent to and east of the old bridge. Appellants had built the road up to the edge of the creek, and on both…