Bohn v. Salt Lake City

This is an original proceeding brought in this court on notice to the defendants, by which the plaintiff, as a citizen and taxpayer on his own behalf and of others similarly situated, seeks a peremptory writ of prohibition to prevent Salt Lake City and its board of commissioners from consummating or awarding proposed contracts for the construe tion of a system of storm sewers, for the reason that the proposed contracts contain provisions which are alleged to be illegal and wasteful. The issues are made by the demurrer to the amended petition.

At this point we deem it proper to acknowledge our…