Amite County v. Mills

* Headnotes 1. Highways, 29 C.J., section 347; 2. Highways, 29 C.J., section 349 (1926 Anno). The appellee, Mills, filed a bill in the chancery court against Amite county to recover an amount he claimed the county was due him under a road construction contract. The county answered, denying the material allegations of the bill. Later Mills filed an amended bill by which he sought to recover from the county on a quantum meruit basis for the work done. The material allegations of the amended bill were denied by the county. A decree was rendered against the county in favor of the plaintiff for…