Bd. of Com'rs, Adair Cty. v. Morris Disinfecting Co.

This is an action brought in the county court of Adair county by the Morris Disinfecting Company against the board of county commissioners- of Adair county to recover for supplies purchased from them by the sheriff of that county.

The defense was that the contract was void because the sheriff was without authority to enter into the contract and because the appropriation made by the county for the purchase of supplies was exhausted at the time the contract was entered into. The trial court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff.

Defendant contends the judgment should be reversed, because it is…