State Ex Rel. Parsons v. Bunting Tractor Co.

The state, on relation of its auditor and attorney general, seeks to compel repayment of $13,401.86, allegedly expended illegally in acquiring certain road machinery by appellants, commissioner of public works and director of highway from appellant Bunting Tractor Company. Other appellants are sureties for the appellant state officials.

The complaint sets up three causes of action, each involving a separate transaction, identical excepting as to dates, amounts, and equipment involved. Substantially, it is alleged that without authority of law and in violation of the provisions of chap. 15,…