16 Wis. 347 | Wis. | 1863
By the Court,
On the 17th of January, 1862, the assembly, the senate concurring on the 28th, passed joint resolution number five, assembly, (1 Assembly Journal 88,) in in these words: “ Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concur - curving, That 5,000 copies of the governor’s message be printed in the English language in pamphlet form with covers ; also that the superintendent of public property be instructed to procure 5,000 copies in the German language, 2,000 copies in the Norwegian language, and 1,000 copies in the Welch language, in the same form, for the use of the legislature; provided, however, that the cost of said copies in the German language shall not exceed eight cents per copy; that the said copies in the Norwegian language shall not exceed ten cents per copy; and that the cost of said copies in the Holland and Welch languages shall not exceed fifteen cents per copy, including in each of the above cases, folding and stitching.”
On the 4th of February after, [Rufus Parks, the superintendent of public property, addressed a letter to William H. Cole
The bill was for 5,000 copies, at 8 cents, $400 ; and the certificate “ that the above named five thousand copies of the governor’s message were ordered and had by me, for the use of the state, under joint resolution No. 5, adopted by the assembly January 17th, and concurred in by the senate January 28th, 1862.”
The demand was subsequently assigned to the plaintiff, who, the legislature having refused to make the requisite appropriation, brings this action against the state.
The only question presented, the facts being informally
Let judgment be entered for the plaintiff, according to the prayer of his complaint.