Austin Bridge Company v. State

HUGHES, Justice.

This suit was brought by Austin Bridge Company, Austin Contracting Company and B. G. Brown and Company, pursuant to legislative permission, 1 against the State of Texas and the Texas Highway Department to recover damages allegedly arising out of a contract entered into between Austin Bridge Company as prime contractor and the Texas Highway Department for the construction of a portion of State Highway No. 120 in Taylor County. The resolution authorizing this suit recites that the prime contractor and B. G. Brown of B. G. Brown and Company, a subcontractor, contend that the…