Brookfield v. Harahan Viaduct Improvement District

The Harahan Viaduct Improvement District was created by an act of the General Assembly of 1923 for the purpose of constructing and maintaining an approach to the Harahan bridge spanning the Mississippi River opposite the city of Memphis. This approach is in Crittenden County, and is known as the Harahan Viaduct. Shortly after the creation of the district, its commissioners met, and Renfrow Turner was elected chairman, and, on the first day of November, 1923, by resolution duly passed, it employed the appellant and M. B. Norfleet, Jr., attorneys, to represent the said district for an agreed…