Judges: PER CURIAM. —
Attorneys: Hampton Bull, for Appellant;
Charles F. Blake, for Appellees.
Filed: Mar. 05, 1930
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The appellant filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, wherein it was alleged in substance that on the 4th day of February, 1927, Special Road and Bridge District No. 5, by and through the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, entered into fourteen contracts for the construction of paved roads in said district; that after the letting of said contracts, complainant had a series of negotiations during the months of April, May and June, 1927, conducted in part through th
Summary: The appellant filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, wherein it was alleged in substance that on the 4th day of February, 1927, Special Road and Bridge District No. 5, by and through the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, entered into fourteen contracts for the construction of paved roads in said district; that after the letting of said contracts, complainant had a series of negotiations during the months of April, May and June, 1927, conducted in part through the..
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The record in this cause having been considered by the Court, and the foregoing opinion prepared under Chapter 14553, Acts of 1929, adopted by the Court as its opinion, it is considered, ordered and decreed by the Court that the decree of the court below be and the same is hereby reversed and the cause remanded with directions that the lower court cause an accounting to be had to ascertain the net profit earned under the contract between the Smith Brothers Construction Company and J. W. Cooper; that it deduct therefrom the value of Cooper's services from June 15th, 1927, to the completion of the contract and that it then make and enter a decree conforming to the views expressed in this opinion of the Supreme Court.
TERRELL, C. J., AND WHITFIELD, STRUM, AND BROWN, J. J., concur.
ELLIS AND BUFORD, J. J., dissent.
