MacDougall v. Board of Land Com'rs.

Blume, Justice.

On December 8, 1933, the Board of Land Commissioners of this state, as party of the first part, entered into a contract with Shepard-Pendleton & Company, as party of the second part, sometimes herein referred to as the auditing company, for the investigation, etc., of certain debts thought to be due to the state under oil, gas and other mineral leases, the contract reciting that it is the desire of the state to employ the auditing company to ascertain whether true and accurate ac-countings have been made to it, and “whether the methods used in ascertaining the quantity and…