City of Little Rock v. McGeorge Contracting Co.

WAYMOND M. BROWN, Judge.

| McGeorge Contracting Co., Inc., filed a complaint against the City of Little Rock and the Housing Authority for the City of Little Rock (LRHA) in an effort to gain access to Highway 365. Five months later after dismissing the suit for want of prosecution, the Pulaski County Circuit Court entered an order vacating the dismissal, allowing the suit to proceed. The City has appealed from the order, challenging the circuit court’s jurisdiction to enter the order and asserting that McGeorge’s suit is barred by res judicata. McGeorge contends that the dismissal was void and…