Burt v. Road Improvement District No. 11

On the 10th day of April, 1920, one J. A. Burt (hereafter called .appellant) entered into a contract with Road Improvement District No. 11 '(hereafter called district) to construct a road for the district. He was to complete the work within two hundred working days. The appellant deposited a certified check in the sum of $5,000 to guarantee the execution of the contract. The commissioners of the district refused to award the appellant the contract unless the bonds of the district could be sold for par. Appellant procured One H. C. Argo, president of the First National Bank of Cotton Plant,…