City of Dardanelle v. City of Russellville

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The instant appeal arises out of a longstanding dispute between Appellant City of Dardanelle and Appellees City of Russellville and City Corporation. Dardanelle filed a breach-of-contract action in the Pope County Circuit Court asserting that a joint resolution reached by the cities in May 2002 was a binding contract, which Russellville had breached. The circuit court dismissed the complaint pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (2007), based on the reasoning that the joint resolution was not a contract. Dardanelle now appeals the circuit…