Fletcher v. Cherry

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

An appropriation in Act 311 of 1943 made $200',000 available “. . . for repairs to existing buildings at the Benton site of the State Hospital.”

Necessity for substantial expenditures to recondition most of thirteen buildings comprising what is termed the original unit was predicated upon personal observations by members of the 'Board of Control, and upon detailed reports by Donald Leveck, a contractor whose ability was stipulated in the instant suit.

The buildings were begun in 1931 and completed a year later, but were not put into general use until the winter of…