Sioux Falls Paint & Glass Co. v. Knudtson

Plaintiff commenced this proceeding seeking to compel W. T. Knudtson, auditor of Minnehaha County, to countersign and deliver to the plaintiff a warrant on the county general fund for the payment of its claim which had been authorized by the board of county commissioners. Defendant, in his return to the alternative writ of mandamus, admitted all of the allegations set forth in the petition and alleged in substance that in May, 1937, Minnehaha County entered into a contract with the Works Progress Administration of the United States whereby it was agreed that a certain project would be…