Lucas v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action brought on two accounts against the commissioners of Ford county to recover for printing done for said county. After the original petition had been filed the court allowed plaintiff' below to attach thereto two itemized and verified accounts, showing the amounts due him. There was no verified denial of these accounts by defendant in error, but the answer set out a contract in writing between Lucas and the county, wherein he agreed that if, in a contest to be had in court, it was decided that one Klaine, who asserted .the…