Sheils v. Commonwealth

The petitioner seeks to recover from the Commonwealth the contract price which he claims is owed to him under four alleged contracts by each of which he was to make certain specified “Alterations and Repairs caused by hurricane ” at a named State armory. The total sum involved is over $17,000. It is conceded that the petitioner *536has fully performed the specified work. His good faith in securing the contracts and in carrying them out is not now attacked. The question is whether the contracts created legal liabilities against the Commonwealth. The answer depends-upon the authority of the officer…