United Plumbing & Heating Co. v. AmSouth Bank

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. W.D. Russum planned to build a Wee Care Child Care Center (Wee Care) in Byram, Mississippi, and selected Am-South Bank to finance the project. Rus-sum and AmSouth entered into a loan agreement in which Russum agreed to repay the funds loaned for the project and grant AmSouth the project’s deed of trust. Russum then chose United Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc. (United) to serve as the project’s general contractor. Rus- sum and United subsequently entered into agreements that acknowledged AmSouth’s limited role as lender in the project…