Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Dodge

E. L. and E. W. Lahar, partners doing-business under the firm name of Lahar Brothers, brought this suit in the Pulaski Chancery Court ag'ainst the chairman and members of the Arkansas State Highway Commission, and for their cause of action alleged the following facts:

That they had entered into a written contract with the State Highway Commission to construct certain portions of the State highway system, pursuant to which they*- had earned a large sum of money, which was payable to them under their contract, but the commission had refused to make proper estimates of the work and had declined…