Wade v. Gray
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Suit by R. A. Gray against R. T. Wade. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Suit by R. A. Gray against R. T. Wade. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The amount involved in this suit is trivial, but the case was brought here for the purpose of obtaining a decision of this court on the one question we propose to discuss, to wit: Is the contractor with .the county for the working of a public road liable for damages to one who is injured by the negligent working of said road? or, to put the question more fully, is a road contractor, under contract with any county of the state of…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
R. T. Wade is a road contractor in Hinds county, It was his duty to keep the roads intrusted to his care in good condition. The statute (section 4469 of the Code of 1906) requires the board of supervisors, with the road commissioner, to fully note the character and amount of work needed on the roads, and all else necessary to make them good and acceptable highways, and then to prepare *159detailed plans and specifications for such work to he done by contract. The contractor agrees to do the necessary work in accordance with such plans and specifications, and his bond is conditioned “for the…
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