Marcus Wallace was evicted from a Madison County home he rented several years ago. Mr. Wallace is the former Mayor of Edwards and is a candidate in the Jackson Mayoral Democratic primary next week.
Hoang Tran sued to evict Marcus Wallace from his Madison home in October 2019 in Madison County Court. The complaint claimed Mr. Wallace signed a lease-purchase agreement for a home on 209 Calumet in Madison in December 2013. The lease is attached to the complaint posted below.
The landlord notified Mr. Wallace in August 2019 he was in default and owed $34,542. The Edwards Mayor remained in the property nor did he attempt to catch up on the rent. Thus Tran asked the Court to force Wallace out of the home.
The case scurried along until December 1, 2021 when County Court Judge Staci O'Neal ordered Mr. Wallace to pay is landlord $46,000. Mr. Wallace had to pay $40,000 by December 31, 2021 or vacate the premises.
Mr. Tran filed a notice of default on January 19, 2022 as the defendant did not pay the required $40,000 nor did he move out of the premises as directed by the Court. No action has been taken on the case since the notice of default was filed.
Apparently Mr. Wallace's scorn for others extended to his lawyer as well. Mr. Wallace allegedly stiffed his attorney, James Renfroe for his fee. His law firm sued Mr. Wallace to collect $8,000.
Marcus Wallace served as Edwards Mayor from 2013 to 2021.
This is not the first time Mr. Wallace has been sued for failing to pay what he owed. JJ reported in February 2019:
Hemphill Contruction is trying to garnish Marcus Wallace and M.A.C. Construction. Madison-Rankin Circuit Court Judge Steve Ratcliff awarded a $325,000 judgement in favor of Hemphill against Marcus Wallace and two of his companies. Hemphill sued Mr. Wallace in 2016 for damages arising out of two projects. A bonding company forced Hemphill to pay M.A. C. Construction subcontractors that were "stiffed" by M.A.C.
M.A.C. Construction served as general contractor for the Capital Centre Improvement Project at Jackson State University. Federal Insurance would not issue a bond to M.A.C. until Hemphill signed on to the bonding agreement. The viagrization of the subcontractors and suppliers began taking place once the project commence.
Federal paid the victims of the stiffing and in turn sought recompense from Hemphill. Hemphill was forced to pay the insurance company and in turn sued Wallace and his two firms, M.A.C. Construction and M.A.C> and Associates.
Mr. Wallace stiffed everyone: subs, employees, and vendors. Make no mistake, he did not discriminate, no siree. So many people did he stiff that he's practically a walking bottle of Viagra. Hemphill was paid in full after garnishing Mr. Wallace's fees on the North State Street project. Earlier post.
32 comments:
He be entitled and obviously financially savvy enough to be mayor of Jackistan.
walking bottle of viagra hahahahaha
If he's got any $ in the campaign coffers, maybe the madison landlord can get his hands on it. This guy is horrible.
Good on Hemphill for hammering his ass!!
So how bad did he screw up Edwards?
He’s a shoe in it sounds like. Has he moved from Bolton to Jackson to run for mayor? Is he renting in Jackson?
So he was living in Madison while mayor of Edwards? He sounds sufficiently corrupt to be perfect for the mayor of Jackson!
KF, you left out the part of the story where he made millions as a 'minority contractor' on the Seimens contract and was able to pocket that money - the scam he has been pulling off for years benefiting from Jackson's illegal but continuing EBO program requiring legitimate contractors to inflate their bids in order to include 'approved' minority contractors to sit on the side and watch the construction proceed.
No pay?
That's how they roll in Jackson!
You refer to Renfoe as "his" (Wallace's) lawyer. That seems wrong.
@1:27 Or be one of Phil Bryant’s pals.
Public service tip: It's "shoo in."
It was no problem. He commuted down the Trace in a nice city owned car.
The guy is simply a hustler. His last step will be to claim he has been called to the ministry. Anything for a buck. Running for mayor of a place like Jackson is just business as usual.
Glad to get this lowlife grifter out of the community. (Side-note: always abundance of nice high end vehicles in the driveway)
there's no doubt that this goober is the number one candidate for mayor of jackistan - what a fitting successor to lubumba!
$140,000 of his own money went to finance his campaign for Jackson mayor per finance campaign reports filed last week! Mr Wallace pay your creditors! Mr Wallace could be running for mayor of Jackson as a spoiler for a bigger payoff!
"Mr. Tran filed a notice of default on January 19, 2022 as the defendant did not pay the required $40,000 nor did he move out of the premises as directed by the Court. No action has been taken on the case since the notice of default was filed."
The above seems to indicate he still lives in Madison and is running for Mayor of Jackson. So, check that box. He sounds legit. Next?
So clearly he is qualified to run a city like Jackson.
If all this is true then why does Madison County Chancery Clerk's office show active liens on this property? 2 active liens to be exact. I think you should get facts from both sides before' you do a story. One-sided stories waters down your platform. One story you said it was about Hemphill now this one is about Tran. Both are old and neither is accurate info. Most importantly, that's Mr. Wallace's personal business and has absolutely nothing to do his experience in leadership, success in business, experience as a former mayor and how much he has given back to the inner city. I will go on the record to also let you know that his chances of being Jackson's next Mayor are great. Extremely connected to the inner city...
Follow carefully and see, this Rockefeller could have succeeded just by staying in bounds. The word envelope is catnip to some. Is there a reason it's OK to stiff Mr. Tran?
2 active liens? That's means exactly nothing by way of absolving Sir Whistleberry. It's 16th section land. There's a lease, taxes, and a mortgage, so that makes Hemphill and Tran whole again? Yikes, the logic there is mythical.
I do not know much about this fellow other than these allegations regarding his personal business. He may have made a lot of money. But I recently had occasion to go to Edwards. If it has been improved in any way I can only wonder what a horrible place it must have been before. Is he taking credit for that place?
Allegations? These are Court judgments and decisions, not merely lawsuits making allegations.
Why would anybody in their right mind vote for Marcus or Lumumba is beyond reason!
11:30 "I will go on the record..." stated/signed by Anonymous... HaHaHa
If you can not tend to your own personal business, then the likelihood of having the ability to tend to the city's business is low. so, yes, its relevant.
what address does he list in his run for JXN mayor?
With a record of non-payment like that, he will soon claim he is a billionaire and run for president
I will go on the record to also let you know that his chances of being Jackson's next Mayor are great.
I'll go on record predicting that the loser won't even make the runoff.
Damn, I was always for Chock full of nuts, but this guys Nuts must be huge and made of brass. He's got my vote.
James Renfroe DID NOT represent Marcus Wallace in this action, although Wallace WAS (at the time) living in Madison while Mayor of Edwards, and Wallace DID stiff Mr. Tran, among others.
He has a wrapped/branded RV/Bus sitting at the corner of Pearl Street and West Street. Amazing that Chokwe hasn't enforced the 2-hour downtown parking limit.
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