Carter v. Bartholomew Road Improvement District

The Bartholomew Road Improvement District was created by a special act of the 1919 session of the General Assembly, and the commissioners named in the act entered into a contract with H. R. Carter and Pritchett & Hight, as engineers, to build the road. This contract was dated March 17, 1919. Pritchett & Hight were partners, while Carter operated individually; but before bidding’ for the engineering contract they made an agreement whereby they apportioned the work and the compensation therefor between themselves. According to this agreement, Carter was to receive twenty-five per cent, of the…