Perdue & Hill v. Road Improvement District No. 1

I am unable to concur in the vieAV that appellants, if they broke the contract by altogether quitting work without good cause, are entitled to recoAmr anything on the Avork Avhich- the district caused to be done by another contractor after such breach Ava-s committed.

The principle is Avell established that the party who breaks a contract cannot make it the basis of an action to recover compensation under it, or otherwise make it the basis of an action against the other party. Jerome Hardwood Lbr. Co. v. Beaumont Lbr. Co., 157 Ark. 220. The provision of the contract Avas not intended, I think,…