Legal Opinion
Baton Rouge Contracting Co. v. West Hatchie Drainage District
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided September 30, 1969No. WC 6730PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.
This is an action by plaintiff 1 to recover compensation for certain channel improvement work performed by plain tiff for defendant. 2 The ease was tried to the Court without a jury and is now for disposition on briefs.
The Owner is a drainage district created and operating under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mississippi. 3
On August 12, 1965, the parties entered into a written contract wherein the contractor agreed to construct approximately forty (40) miles of channel improvement work on Owner’s drainage canal in Tippah County,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. SpearinSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Day v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Weston v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Brasher v. City of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Home Mutual Fire Insurance v. PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mayor of Columbus v. Clark-Dietz & Associates-Engineers, Inc.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982
- Merchants Nat. Bank v. StewartMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Newton County Bank, Louin Branch Office v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- Banks v. BanksMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- M.C. Anderson v. GoldenDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1982
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