Robb & Chichester v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Suit by Robb & Chichester against the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court bases its peremptory instruction on the ground alone that the contract was void because the board of supervisors did not give the required three weeks ’ notice of the letting of said contract.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Suit by Robb & Chichester against the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court bases its peremptory instruction on the ground alone that the contract was void because the board of supervisors did not give the required three weeks ’ notice of the letting of said contract. Our answer to this is: 1. That the notice put in the evidence gave notice of the February meeting, when the contract was awarded at the March…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Appellants, road contractors in Hinds county, brought suit against appellee for damages' resulting from the agents and employees of appellee cutting down brush and trees about the poles and under the wires of appellee’s telegraph line, which extends along a public road, and throwing the brush, trees, and cross-arms from off their poles into the road, causing a filling of the ditches and a flow of water across the road after a heavy rain, so as to seriously impair it, and render it necessary for appellants to rework it.
Upon the trial of the case appellants offered their duly executed contract…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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