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206 RESOLUTIONS.
and Senate, be, and it is hereby, suspended, until the final disposition
of Senate Bill No. 19.
Filed in the Department of State, March 6, 1934, with the
Governor's signature.
GRANTING D. F. JONES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
INC., PERMISSION TO BRING SUIT AGAINST THE
STATE OF TEXAS AND STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION.
S. C. R. No. 14.]
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, D. F. Jones Construction Company, a corporation,
with its domicile in Little Rock, Arkansas, entered into
a certain contract with the State of Texas acting by and
through the Highway Commission of the State of Texas and
the State Highway Engineer, being for the construction of certain
improvements on Highway No. 3-A, in Bexar and Guadalupe
Counties, Texas, and known as Federal Aid Project, 635-A,
the type and character of work to be done thereunder being
fully shown by the plans and specifications of said improvements
as on file in the offices of the Highway Department of the
State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, said corporation commenced work on said construction
under said contract, and did construct, improve and
build said improvements on said highway and completed said
project; and
WHEREAS, certain differences have arisen between said
corporation and the State Highway Commission as to the
amount of money due by the State of Texas and the State
Highway Department of the State of Texas to the said corporation
for work done under said contract, and said corporation
has filed its claim with the State Highway Commission
which has been refused; and
WHEREAS, although the Legislature of the State of Texas
does not admit that D. F. Jones Construction Company has a
valid and just claim against the State of Texas, the State Highway
Commission or the State Highway funds, it is the sense of
the Legislature that a citizen who has contracted with the State
and has a claim against the State arising out of said contract
should not be deprived of his opportunity to submit to the
courts his claims, and, if valid, to establish and enforce it
against the State or any responsible department of the State;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of
Texas, the House of Representatives concurring therein,
SECTION 1. That D. F. Jones Construction Company, Inc.,
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29], book, 1935; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17292/m1/216/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .