State ex rel. Collins v. Standard Construction Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hoh. O. B. Taylor, Chancellor. Bill for induction by the state of Mississippi on the relation of Boss A. Collins, Attorney-General, against the Standard Construction Company and others. From a judgment desolving a temporary injunction and dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hoh. O. B. Taylor, Chancellor. Bill for induction by the state of Mississippi on the relation of Boss A. Collins, Attorney-General, against the Standard Construction Company and others. From a judgment desolving a temporary injunction and dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. This is an appeal from a decree dissolving an injunction and dismissing the bill of complaint exhibited by the attorney-genera.1 against the Governor and the state revenue agent as members of the Capitol Commission, Tlheo. C. Link, the supervising architect of, and J.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
(After stating the facts as above). By chapter 112, Laws of 1916, the approval of the plans and specifications, by which the interior of the old capitol was to be overhauled, changed, and constructed, rested solely with the Capitol Commission, so that its approval of the plans and specifications by which the contractor was working when this suit was begun removes all controversy relative thereto, and neither an affirmance nor a reversal of the decree of the court below will now serve any good purpose, from which it follows that appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal must be and is sustained.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McDaniel v. HurtMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- McDaniel v. HurtMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- Johnson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Pafhausen v. State ex rel. LoposerMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Whidden v. BroadusMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Insured Savings & Loan Assn. v. State, Ex Rel. PattersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
- Hancock County v. State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Semmes v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1919