Bennett v. Petroleum County

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, as a taxpayer, for the purpose of enjoining the board of county commissioners of Petroleum county from fulfilling the terms of a contract of lease executed by one Benjamin F. Leffer, as lessor, with the county of Petroleum, as lessee, by the terms whereof the lessor agreed to remodel and repair a certain building owned by him in the town of "Winnett, the county seat of Petroleum county, and to expend in improvements and repairs not to exceed $14,000, and to lease such building and the ground upon which it is located to Petroleum county for…