H. S. Crocker Co. v. County of Lake

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment disallowing the bulk of a claim for the balance due upon a valid contract for furniture sold and supplied for use in the courthouse of Lake County. When the contract for the furniture was awarded there 'was ample money in the “Capital Outlay Court House Fund” with which to pay the claim, but before the contract was fully performed, that fund was practically exhausted by the payment of claims which were subsequently incurred. On the assumption that plaintiff’s claim was not a liability against the county, except to the extent of the money. remaining…