BURT v. CALHOUN

No. 45584.

231 So.2d 496 (1970)

J.W. BURT v. Carrol D. CALHOUN, Chancery Clerk of Lincoin County.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mounger & Mounger, Tylertown, for appellant.

Donald B. Patterson, Emmette P. Allen, Brookhaven, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellant, J.W. Burt, petitioned the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi, for a writ of mandamus against appellee, Carrol D. Calhoun, Chancery Clerk of Lincoln County, requiring him to execute pay warrants of Lincoln County to appellant in payment of his claims as county engineer on a number of state aid road projects for the county.

Appellee filed his answer setting up several affirmative defenses. The principal defense was...

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