Geoghegan, 020480 MSAGO, 19800204

• Case Date: February 04, 1980
• Court: South Carolina

Mr. Francis Geoghegan No. 19800204 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions February 4, 1980          Mr. Francis Geoghegan          Director          Commission of Budget and Accounting          Post Office Box 267          Jackson, Mississippi 39205          Dear Mr. Geoghegan:          Attorney General Bill Allain has received your letter of request and has assigned it to this writer for research and reply.          Your letter of January 31, 1980, states in part as follows:

         “Since the goods or services were not acquired in accordance with statutes, can the state through one of its agencies legally make payment for such a transaction?”

         As we stated in our opinion of January 30, 1978, there exist two methods by which a purchase such as the one in question can be legally made. These two statutory methods were...