Worth v. . Stewart
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action by W. H. Worth, as State Treasurer, against defendants, former public printers, to recover money erroneously paid in settlement of incorrect accounts for public printing, heard on complaint and demurrer before Robinson, J., at October Term, 1897, of Wake Superior Court. The substance of the complaint and the grounds of demurrer are set out in the opinion. His Honor overruled the demurrer and defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Eurches, J.:
Under an- Act of the General Assembly of 1895, the defendants on the 27th day of February, 1895, entered into a contract with the State, as public printers, by which they were to do the public printing for the State at specified prices therein stated. The plaintiff being the public treasurer of the State, on ■the 28th June, 1897, commenced this action against the defendants, in which he alleges that, owing to mistakes as to the facts, the parties selected to examine and pass upon the work of the defendants were induced to pass upon and to certify to the correctness of a large…
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