Burt v. Calhoun

ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, J. W. Burt, petitioned the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi, for a writ of mandamus against ap-pellee, Carrol D. Calhoun, Chancery Clerk of Lincoln County, requiring him to execute pay warrants of Lincoln County to appellant in payment of his claims as county engineer on a number of state aid road projects for the county.

Appellee filed his answer setting- up several affirmative defenses. The principal defense was that at the time appellant performed these services he had no legal and valid contract with the county. This defense was set up as a…