Gum Ridge Drainage Dist. v. Clark
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Jefferson county. Hon. R. W. Cutr.ee., Chancellor. Suit by Clark & Parker against the Gum Ridge Drainage District. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals. It must be manifest that to permit additional compensation to be awarded contractors, as was attempted in this case, would place the financial affairs at the individual disposal of the commission.
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Appeal from chancery court of Jefferson county. Hon. R. W. Cutr.ee., Chancellor. Suit by Clark & Parker against the Gum Ridge Drainage District. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals. It must be manifest that to permit additional compensation to be awarded contractors, as was attempted in this case, would place the financial affairs at the individual disposal of the commission. The bald repetition of the facts in this case is sufficient to condemn the claim of the contractors. A complete system of canals and levees is contemplated and is decided on, the engineer employed, plan and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmiti-i, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree awarding the appellees a recovery against the appellant for the sum of twenty-nine thousand, eight hundred nineteen dollers and fifty-three cents, together Avith certain specific directions relative to the assessment of the land Avithin the drainage district and certain other matters not here material to be set forth in vieAV of the disposition we have decided to make of the cause.
The appellant drainage district was organized in 1910 under section 1683 et seq., Code of 1906 (section 4264 et seq., HemingAvay’s Code).
After the organization of the district the…
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