In this case we hold public monies paid to compromise an invalid real property title claim, known to be baseless by the claimant, is not an expenditure for a public purpose, and constitutes a prohibited gift of public funds. Further, the constitutional bar to such "gifts" transcends the public policy favoring settlement of disputed claims, and permits the state to recoup such disbursements. Because we find the evidence...
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