State ex rel. City of Omaha v. Birkhauser

This was an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel and require the respondents, as the board of public works of the city of Omaha, to enter into a contract on behalf of said city, with the lowest responsible bidder, for the paving of improvement district No. 512, and submit the same to the mayor and city council for their approval, and on their approval thereof to cause said work of paving to be done in accordance with the terms of said *523contract. The cause was submitted at the last term of this court on a general dejnurrer to the petition, which was overruled by the court,…