King v. Comm'rs. Court of Throckmorton County

HEAD, Associate Justice.

On April 10, 1894, the Commissioners Court of Throckmorton County entered into a written contract with the Penn Bridge Company for the erection of a steel bridge across the Brazos River, to be completed by October 1st of that year. The contract price was $16,650, to be paid as follows: $13,400 “in legal coupon option bridge bonds bearing 6 per cent interest, payable on April 10th of each year, and the balance of $3250 in legal county warrants drawn on the road and bridge fund, bearing 6 per cent interest, and payable at the option of the county.”

Appellants, as…