Marion County v. Foxworth
Mississippi Supreme Court
FroM tbe chancery court of, first district, Marion county. HoN. StoNE Deavours, Chancellor. Foxworth, appellee, was complainant, and Marion county, appellant, defendant in the court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor, defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts.
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FroM tbe chancery court of, first district, Marion county. HoN. StoNE Deavours, Chancellor. Foxworth, appellee, was complainant, and Marion county, appellant, defendant in the court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor, defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The pretended contract upon which appellee bases his claim to escape the forfeiture and recover the full contract price was signed by Lewis, president of the hoard of supervisors, not entered on tbe minutes of tbe board of supervisors, and tbe county was not bound by tbe writing signed…
1Opinion of the Court
Truly, J'.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The board of supervisors of Marion county, at s. meeting regularly held in December, 1896, awarded to appellee a contract to construct a steel bridge across Pearl river- near Columbia, in that county, for the sum of 816,000, to be paid on the 1st of January, 1898. The order recites that the bid of Fox-worth to furnish and construct said bridge according to the plans and specifications on file was accepted by the board, and “the president hereof authorized to sign on behalf of this board any and all contracts (which contract for the building of…
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