Alphin v. Tatum

In May, 1927, William Peterson entered into a written contract with the county judge of Union County and the commissioners of public buildings of said county to erect a courthouse according to certain plans and specifications. Peterson was to receive as compensation, the sum of $692,500, which was paid by warrants drawn on the county treasury and payable out of the county general revenue funcl. $95,000 was payable on demand, $45,000 payable August 1st each year from 1928 to 1940, inclusive, and the remaining warrant of $12,500 payable on August 1, 1941.

A suit was filed by taxpayers of Union…