Ashburn Bros. v. Edwards County

SHARP, Judge.

Ashburn Bros, filed this suit in the district court of Edwards county for a balance claimed against Edwards county on a road contract. The county answered by plea of res adjudicata and to " the jurisdiction of the court on the grounds that the contract had been completed and the road tendered by Ashburn Bros, and accepted by Edwards county; that the commissioners’ court had audited and settled the account; that the commissioners’ court entered a judgment reciting that the road contract had been complied with, the roa,d accepted, and that Ash-burn Bros, were entitled to the sum of…