Echols & Helton v. Lincoln County

This is an appeal from a judgment on a •claim of appellants against Lincoln County. The claim was presented to the country court and was allowed, hut an appeal was prosecuted by A. J. Johnson, a citizen and taxpayer, and on the trial in the circuit court a judgment was rendered disallowing the claim.

Appellants were awarded a contract for the construction of a certain road in Lincoln County by a road improvement district created for that purpose. There was a written contract between appellants and the road district, specifying the price for the work, and a bond was given by appellants to the…