West Virginia Court of Claims, 1977

S. B. Wallace & Co. v. Department of Corrections

S. B. Wallace & Co. v. Department of Corrections
West Virginia Court of Claims · Decided December 22, 1977 · Ruley
12 Ct. Cl. 62

Counsel

S. B. Wallace & Company, a corporation, the claimant, by Lee A. Smith, President., Frank M. Ellison, Deputy Attorney General, for the respondent.

S. B. Wallace & Co. v. Department of Corrections

Opinion of the Court

RULEY, JUDGE:

This claim was submitted upon the pleadings by agreement of the parties. The respondent admits in its Answer that four *63invoices or bills for goods sent by claimant to the respondent represent valid claims in the total amount of $157.49, and that funds were available in respondent’s budget to pay for those goods. The claim for the fifth invoice, in the amount of $8.24, is barred by the five-year statute of limitations set forth in West Virginia Code §55-2-1. Accordingly, an award in the amount of $157.49 should be, and is hereby, made.

Award of $157.49.

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