Consolidated Chemical Laboratories, Inc. v. County of Cass

On July 5, 1934, the sheriff of Cass County purchased an order of sanitary supplies for the court house and jail from a salesman for the Consolidated Chemical Laboratories, Inc., at a cost of $116.25. Under regulations enacted by the board of supervisors of Cass County and in effect for some time, it was necessary that approval of orders of this type be obtained from a member of the courthouse and jail committee of the board, and such approval was obtained for this order by the sheriff and the salesman. The following- day the sheriff placed another order for similar supplies from the same…