Charles Scribner's Sons v. S.M.N. Marrs

Relator, Charles Scribner’s Sons, a corporation, seeks a writ of mandamus against respondent to compel him to do the ministerial acts required of him under R. S., Arts. 2904-1/4Í and 2909Ü of the textbook law looking to the performance of its alleged contract with the State of Texas, entered into between it and thef Texas State Textbook Commission, by the terms of which it had contracted and obligated itself to furnish and sell to the State of Texas textbooks known as “Fundamentals of Farming" and Farm Life”, by Kyle & Ellis, and the State of Texas had obliged itself to use said textbooks in…