State v. James

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The State brought this suit to recover a balance of six thousand dollars, claimed as due on a contract of lease.

The defendant answers that he had paid all that he owes.

The question relates to the salaries of the Board of Control, chaplains and clerk, and whether they should be paid by the lessee or by the State.

*174The facts are that under the first contract of lease, bearing date March, 1868, Governor Baker, under the sanction of General Hancock in command of the military department, made a contract they termed one of lease of the penitentiary…