Morgan Construction Co. v. Pitts

The General Assembly of 1919, by special statute, created a road improvement district in Garland County designated as Southwest Arkansas Eoad Improvement District No. 1. Authority was conferred by the statute upon the commissioners of the district to construct the improvement described, and for that purpose to employ engineers and let a contract for the construction.

Pursuant to the terms of the statute, appellants, a copartnership under the style of Morgan Construction Company, entered into a contract with the commissioners of the district for the construction of the improvement. But the…