Independent Paving Co. v. City of Bay St. Louis

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, the city of Bay St. Louis, a Mississippi municipal corporation, for the recovery of the amount of a balance, $7,005, and interest thereon, alleged to be due under a contract between the appellee and Dixie Asphalt Paving Company, whereby the latter agreed to pave named streets in said city, the right to which balance was alleged to have been assigned to the appellant by Dixie Asphalt Paving Company. The appellee by pleading alleged that it. was, at the date of the alleged making of said alleged contract, and now…