State ex rel. Simon v. Fairchild

The opinion of the court was delivered'by

Porter, J.:

Original proceeding in mandamus. The state, on the relation of the county attorney of Shawnee county, has brought this action asking for a writ to compel the defendants to reconvene as the State Textbook Commission and to let contracts for readers and geographies for use in the public schools of Kansas.

It is alleged in the petition that the commission recently awarded the contract for first, second, and third readers to The Wooster Publishing Company and the .contract for the fourth and fifth readers to The Uni*782versity Publishing Company; in…