Mississippi Public Service Co. v. Bassett

The appellee J. B. Cunningham awarded a contract to the appellee J. J. Bassett for the erection of a dwelling house in the Town of Brooksville, Mississippi, according to plans and specifications furnished by the architects in charge, and this building was to be turned over to the owner when completed, as a “lock and key job,” for an agreed contract price. When the building was •virtually finished it was wrecked and greatly damaged by an explosion of gas, as a result of which the owner, Cunningham, claimed on the trial in the court below that he had been injured and damaged to the extent of…