Barton v. Swepston
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Crittenden Circuit Court. Hon. J. G-. Frierson, Circuit Judge. This case is not governed by the act of December 7, 1875. (Acts 1875, p. 51.) The spirit of the proviso reaches this case. It is the duty of the county court to keep the court house in good repair. Gantt’s Digest, sec. 668. This case also differs from 38 Ark., 788, and If, Dillon, %09. In one the principal part of the account was for something that the county had no right to pay.
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APPEAL from Crittenden Circuit Court. Hon. J. G-. Frierson, Circuit Judge. This case is not governed by the act of December 7, 1875. (Acts 1875, p. 51.) The spirit of the proviso reaches this case. It is the duty of the county court to keep the court house in good repair. Gantt’s Digest, sec. 668. This case also differs from 38 Ark., 788, and If, Dillon, %09. In one the principal part of the account was for something that the county had no right to pay. In the latter case the county allowed five to ten times the value of the claim. The contract was for $1,700, with the right to pay in…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The court house of Crittenden County needing repairs, the county court appointed an agent to have the same made. This agent let the work to Swepston, under a contract, by which he agreed, on behalf of the county, to pay $850 in currency, or $1,700 in county warrants, these last being then worth in the market only fifty cents in the dollar. The work was completed, but a portion of it not having been done according to specifications, Swepston deducted $100 from the contract price, and presented-to the county court his account for $1,600, which was allowed and county warrants were ordered to be…
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