Van Hook v. McNeil Monument Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Circuit Court; George W. Rays, Judge; 1. The county court was without authority to make the allowance without an appropriation. There was no contract or purchase by, or consideration to, the county. 66 Ark. 82; Kirby’s Dig., §§ 1494, 1500, 1503; 61 Ark. 74; 85 Id. 611. 2. The contract should have been let to the lowest bidder. 54 Ark. 645. 3. No claim or demand, verified as required by law, was ever filed in the county court.
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Appeal from Union Circuit Court; George W. Rays, Judge; 1. The county court was without authority to make the allowance without an appropriation. There was no contract or purchase by, or consideration to, the county. 66 Ark. 82; Kirby’s Dig., §§ 1494, 1500, 1503; 61 Ark. 74; 85 Id. 611. 2. The contract should have been let to the lowest bidder. 54 Ark. 645. 3. No claim or demand, verified as required by law, was ever filed in the county court. Kirby’s Dig., §§ 1453, 3517, 114; 66 Ark. 327; 69 Id. 62: 97 Id. 296; 32 Ark. L. Kep. 336. 4. The allowance was not within the discretion of the county…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
An association of ladies at El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, inaugurated a movement to erect at that place a monument to the soldiers of the Confederacy, and a verbal agreement was entered into between that association and the county judge of Union County, acting for the county, whereby a monument, in the form of a drinking fountain, should be erected on the courthouse grounds at a cost of $3,500, and the county would pay half of said cost in consideration of the fact that the exclusive control of it should be relinquished to the county.
The ladies entered into a contract with the. appellee,…
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