Southern Improvement Co. v. Road Improvement District No. 5

Road Improvement District No. 5 of Arkansas County, hereafter called district, was created by act No. 169 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas in the year 1919. The district contained 84.5 miles of road radiating in four main branches from the town of DeWitt. The main branches or roads out of DeWitt were divided into sections, and these sections were subdivided into two or more lines. The contract for building the road was awarded to the Southern Improvement Company, hereafter called appellant. The district entered into a contract with the appellant for the construction of the…