Philpot Construction Company v. Danaher

An improvement district was organized to pave and resurface a portion of Barraque Street in the city of Pine Bluff. It was believed by the property owners and the commissioners of the district that the portion of the street which they sought to improve would be made á part of one of the State’s roads running through the city, and that if this were done a contribution on the part of the State Highway Commission would be made under the authority of act No. 184 of the Acts of 1927 (Acts 1927, p. 645), and it was determined to make the construction of the improvement contingent upon this…