Foster v. State

Emory S. Foster, the public printer’for the State, presented his account for allowance to the State Auditor for certain work done by him in the way of printing journals, laws, &c., and, the fund appropriated for the payment Of such claims being exhausted, the Auditor issued to him a certificate of indebtedness for the amount. The Legislature, in passing a bill to meet and pay off certain deficiencies, refused to allow the whole amount embraced in the certificate, assuming that the law had been misconstrued, so as to make the account call for more work than was actually done, and the…