Nicholls v. Spokane Public School District No. 81

This action was brought to enjoin Spokane Public School District No. 81 and its board of directors from carrying out a contract which had been made for coal to be used as fuel in the school buildings of the district. The trial resulted in a decree of permanent injunction, from which the defendants appeal.

School District No. 81 comprises the city of Spokane and has a large number of public school buildings. On or about August 24, 1937, the district called for bids for the furnishing of approximately four thousand tons of coal to the district during the school year of 1937 and 1938. In response…