CH Leavell & Company v. Doster

C.H. Leavell Company and Peter Kiewit Sons' Company, both non-resident corporations, sued J.V. Doster, an individual doing business as Central Gulf Construction Company, in the Circuit Court of Hinds County to recover damages alleged to have arisen out of a contract between the plaintiffs and the defendant. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction and this motion was sustained and final judgment entered dismissing the case. From this judgment plaintiffs appeal.

The question involves a construction of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, section 1437 (Supp. 1966), the…