State Ex Rel. Columbus Blank Book Mfg. Co. v. Ayres

The sole question for determination is whether the petition is fatally defective in failing to .allege that there was attached to the orders certificates •of the county auditor as required by Section 5625-33, General Code.

This section, insofar as applicable in the instant ■case, reads as follows:

“No subdivision or taxing unit shall: # *

“(d) Make any contract or give any order involving the expenditure of money unless there is attached thereto a certificate of the fiscal officer of the subdivision that the amount'required to meet the same * * * has been lawfully appropriated for such purpose…