Hall Engineering & Construction Co. v. Jones

SMITH, Justice.

This is an appeal by Hall Engineering and Construction Company, Inc., from a judgment in the amount of $4893.35 recovered against it by C. T. Jones, Jr., in the Circuit Court of Rankin County.

Hall Engineering had contracted with the Board of Supervisors of Rankin County to furnish labor and material for certain road construction. Jones sub-contracted portions of the work. Upon completion and acceptance of the jobs, and settlement therefor by the County with Hall Engineering as prime contractor, Jones demanded payment of the ten percent retained under the terms of his…