State Ex Rel. Baldwin v. City of Shawnee

Plaintiff instituted suit under sections 8590 and 8591, C. O. S. 1921, seeking to recover from defendants because of the execution of an alleged invalid contract between the city of Shawnee and the Layne-Western Company for the construction of a waterworks system.

Defendants demurred to plaintiff’s amended petition, which demurrer was sustained by the court. Plaintiff elected to stand upon his amended petition and appealed to this court.

The record discloses that the city of Shawnee voted certain improvement bonds and that thereafter the mayor and city officials in' behalf of the city of…