Board of Sup'rs v. Payne

W. C. Payne, appellee, filed his bill in the chancery court against the board of supervisors of Lee county, appellant, and J. D. Christian, in which he sought to recover three hundred fifty-nine dollars and forty-three cents on account of an alleged breach of a contract entered into between the board of supervisors and Christian arid himself. The appellant, the board of supervisors, filed a demurrer to the bill, which was overruled; and an appeal to this court was granted by the chancellor to settle all the controlling principles of the case.

The bill alleged that in December, 1931, the board…