Campbell v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Poster, C. J. :

This case relates to the assignability of a contract to do county printing. The board of county commissioners of Sumner county made a contract with Mrs. Carrie Herring to do the printing for that county for one year. She performed the work for a portion of the time, but finally assigned the contract to one Thomas George, who, in turn, assigned it to John G. Campbell and Charles Hood, as partners. The board of commissioners refused to recognize the assignment, and refused to furnish any printing work to the assignees, but, instead, made a…