State, Ex Rel. v. Bldg. Comm.

This is an action in mandamus filed in this court, wherein the relator seeks a writ compelling the defendants to enter into a contract with the relator for the construction of a steam and electric transmission line from the Ohio Penitentiary to the State Office Building, in the city of Columbus, and to accept the relator's bond filed therewith. The cause was presented to this court upon a demurrer to the petition of the relator. While the petition contains a detailed history of the transaction, the salient facts contained in the petition and conceded to be true by the demurrer are as follows:

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