Joseph Baum & Co. v. Covert
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. The nature of this action, the effect of the evidence adduced, and the result of the trial are sufficiently indicated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. The nature of this action, the effect of the evidence adduced, and the result of the trial are sufficiently indicated in the opinion of the court. The instructions given for the plaintiff, excepted to by the defendants, assigned for error here and passed upon by this court, are as follows: “1. The court instructs the jury in behalf of the plaintiff, that if they believe from the evidence that the plaintiff, under contract for that purpose, furnished the material and did the work for which he sues at the request of…
1Opinion of the Court
Chalmers, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court., Plaintiff below (Covert) contracted in writing to erect a large brick building in the city of Meridian for defendants, Baum & Co., for the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. The building was to be erected under the general supervision of an architect, and every specification was set forth with the minutest particularity. There was a special stipulation that no extras, or outside work of any kind, were to be allowed or paid for, unless the same was agreed upon beforehand in writing and the stipulations therefor signed by the…
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