City of Indianapolis v. Patterson

This was a proceeding for a mandate. The complaint alleged, that the plaintiffs were contractors for grading a certain street in Indianapolis, and that they had. performed the work; that an estimate thereof, according to the contract, had been duly made by the city engineer, which was reported to the city council and by that body approved and directed to be paid to the plaintiffs by the adjacent property holders upon the street; that some of such owners refused to pay; that subsequently the council rescinded its order approving this estimate and adopted and approved another estimate for a…