Burke v. Board of Improvement Paving District No. 5

This suit was brought by Burke Bros, for an ¡accounting and to recover the balance claimed to be due under a contract with Improvement District No-. 5 of the City of Fort .Smith, for paving the streets of said city. The contract provided for paving the roadways of all the streets of said city and the work was carried on hy them during a period of 5 or 6 years, after they had erected a brick manufacturing plant at an expense of near $150,000, in the City of Port Smith to comply with the terms of the contract in furnishing brick manufactured in Port Smith for "the work.

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