C. L. OGLESBY AND J. F. MAMMEN, Claimants, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS. Respondent.
Case summary
Claimants sought $400.14 for labor and materials furnished for improvements and repairs at the State Farm at Vandalia, which were not paid because appropriations had lapsed or were exhausted. The court awarded the full amount as the claim was reasonable and not questioned.
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Headnotes
- LABOR AND MATERIALS-when award made for. Where it appears that claimants furnished labor and materials to State at its request, and that bill therefor, which is unquestioned and approved, was not presented for payment before lapse of appropriation out of which it could be made, an award will be made for amount due.
Claimants who were engaged in the plumbing, heating and electrical business at Vandalia, Illinois, seek to recover the sum of Four Hundred Dollars and Fourteen Cents ($400.14) for labor and materials furnished between February 31 and June 27, 1931 in connection with certain improvements and repairs made at the State Farm at Vandalia. Such labor and materials were furnished at the instance and request of the then superintendent of such State Farm, and the reasonableness of the claim is not questioned.
The claims were presented in the first instance to the then superintendent of the Farm, but were not paid on account of the fact that the appropriations for such purposes had lapsed or were exhausted. No reason is presented why the claim should not be paid. Mr. Frank D. Whipp, Superintendent of Prisons, states that he has had the claims checked and suggests approval.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that an award be entered in favor of the claimants for the amount of the claim, to wit: Four Hundred Dollars and Fourteen Cents ($400.14).