Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Sebastian Bridge District

Decision calls for construction of part of Act 6, approved January 30, 1941, under which the Highway Commission assumed maintenance of the Arkansas river bridge westward from Garrison avenue, Fort Smith.

The Commission sued Sebastian Bridge District for an accounting, contending that because the State had paid $45,150 in discharge of the District’s bonded indebtedness, funds in the District’s treasury should go to the State for highway purposes, specifically to be used in the upkeep of bridges. See Sebastian Bridge District v. Refunding Board, 197 Ark. 790, 124 S. W. 2d 960; Refunding Board v.…