Davis v. Arkansas State Highway Commission

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action brought by the State Highway Commission to recover $409,887.50 which the Commission is alleged to have been fraudulently induced to pay to the two defendants, Charles B. Davis and Billy R. Collins. The defendants denied the charges of fraud, insisting that they had acted in good faith in their dealings with the highway department. The jury’s verdict awarded the Commission the sum of $337,837.50, for which judgment was entered against Davis and Collins. Their appeal comes to us as a tort case. Rule 29 (l)(o).

The appellants’ five points for reversal…