MISSISSIPPI STATE BLDG. COM'N v. BECKNELL CONST. INC.

No. 48460.

329 So.2d 57 (1976)

MISSISSIPPI STATE BUILDING COMMISSION, Appellant, v. BECKNELL CONSTRUCTION, INC. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Donald Clark, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Delos H. Burks, Picayune, for appellant.

Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Sam E. Scott, Jackson, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.


PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

The Mississippi State Building Commission brought suit for bond forfeiture against Becknell Construction, Inc. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. The defendants successfully moved to transfer the cause from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County to the Chancery Court upon equitable defenses. From an adverse decree of the Chancery Court, the Mississippi State Building Commission appeals...

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