State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Sebastian Bridge District

In Sebastian Bridge District v. State Refunding Board, 197 Ark. 790, 124 S. W. 2d 960, this court said: “Since taxpayers of the Fort Smith area have paid more than fourteen hundred thousand dollars for a public bridge, and since acts 9 and 10' (of Special Session of 1938) were obviously intended as measures of relief to property owners, we think all bonds and interest maturing in 1938 should have been paid by the state.” And we further said: “It is our view that the language in act No. 10 (of 1938) pledging the state to pay 'all such principal and interest when due,’ was expressive of the…