Staple v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.

Citations

• 90 Miss. 848
• 44 So. 766

Syllabus

<p>Contract. Guaranty. Past Debt. Construction.</p> <p>A tentative and provisional arrangement made between a third party and a water company, evidenced by writing, by which the company was induced to supply water to the owner of a laundry, does not bind the third party to pay a debt due at the time the arrangement was perfected from the owner of laundry to the water company.</p>