State v. Farish
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
On .appeal from the superior chancery court; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The record shows that Edward S. Farish filed his bill in the superior court of chancery on the 10th of June, 1836, against the state, in which he says : That on the 17th of November, 1833, he made a contract with John Lawrence, who was then state architect, and acting for the state for the doing of the carpenter’s work of the state capitol, then about to be erected, agreeing, on his part, to do the…
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On .appeal from the superior chancery court; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The record shows that Edward S. Farish filed his bill in the superior court of chancery on the 10th of June, 1836, against the state, in which he says : That on the 17th of November, 1833, he made a contract with John Lawrence, who was then state architect, and acting for the state for the doing of the carpenter’s work of the state capitol, then about to be erected, agreeing, on his part, to do the work as specified in said architect’s advertisement, and as he should thereafter direct; and that he, complainant, was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
This bill was filed in the superior court of chancery against the state of Mississippi, by the appellee.
Its object was the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by complainant, in consequence of the non-performance of a contract on the part of the state, which had been entered into by her legally constituted agent, with said complainant.
A very brief statement of the allegations of the bill and the facts of the case, will be sufficient to a proper understanding of the questions upon which we may have to pass.
In November, 1833, as it is alleged in the bill, the appellee entered…
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