State ex rel. Seth Thomas Clock Co. v. Board of County Commissioners

Sullivan, J,

By a petition in error filed in this court, the Seth Thomas Clock Company seeks a reversal of a judgment of the district court for Cass county denying its application for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the county commissioners and county clerk of said county. From an examination of the record it appears that in the year 1891 the county of Cass purchased of the relator a to Aver clock for use in its new court house, then in process of construction. • The negotiations which resulted in the sale were conducted by one Charles Wicker-sham, who resided at Plattsmouth and managed…