LYKES v. CITY OF TEXARKANA

No. 5-344.

265 S.W.2d 539 (1954)

LYKES et al. v. CITY OF TEXARKANA et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Edwardes Texarkana, for appellant.

Charles Conway, Van Johnson, Boyd Tackett, A. G. Sanderson, Jr., Texarkana, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

This appeal by a taxpayer of Texarkana challenges the ruling of the chancellor in denying his petition to enjoin the City from paying for the materials and labor in connection with the construction of restrooms in the basement of the City Hall where the contract for such construction was not let pursuant to law.

On July 7, 1953 the Mayor and six of the Councilmen in Texarkana met and let a contract for Claughton to install two restrooms. This...

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