Brown v. Lowndes County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lowndes County; A E. Gamble, Judge. Action by J. G. Brown against Lowndes County for breach of a contract to build roads. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. Plea 3, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: As to the demand of plaintiff under the agreement for work done and material furnished for the Hayneville and Mt.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Lowndes County; A E. Gamble, Judge. Action by J. G. Brown against Lowndes County for breach of a contract to build roads. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. Plea 3, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: As to the demand of plaintiff under the agreement for work done and material furnished for the Hayneville and Mt. Willing road, and his demand for work done and material furnished on said road, defendant says: For such work done and materials furnished on and for said road, the -board of revenue of…
1Opinion of the CourtTHOBfAS, J.
The points involved on this appeal arose on the overruling of the demurrers to defendant’s special pleas to counts 1, 2, and 3 of the complaint. Counts 1 and 2 claim damages for the breach of an agreement made between plaintiff and defendant in July, 1914, in and by which plaintiff agreed to furnish material for, and perform all the labor required on, what was known as the Mt. Willing and Et. Deposit road, in Lowndes county, in accordance with the plans and specifications adopted by the board of revenue of said county. The third count was for money alleged to be due by defendant county to the…
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