People ex rel. Oppenheimer Publishing & Printing Co. v. People

This proceeding is a certiorari to review the action of the board of town auditors in auditing and allowing the claim of the relator. The claim was for printing ballots and other necessary supplies for the town election held in April, 1893. The ballots were printed under a special contract for $3.40 per thousand, *879and the total amount charged for that work was not in dispute, and was allowed as it was stated in the bill. The other supplies were grouped under 13 different heads, and the amounts charged were in each instance materially reduced by the board of audit. The only question before us…