State Ex Rel. Schaw v. Noyes
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding by the State, on the relation of William Schaw and others, for writ of mandate to W. H. Noyes and others, constituting the City Council of the City of Reno, to compel respondents to execute a certain contract for the construction of a system of municipal water works. E. R. Dodge, Intervenor. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Original proceeding by the State, on the relation of William Schaw and others, for writ of mandate to W. H. Noyes and others, constituting the City Council of the City of Reno, to compel respondents to execute a certain contract for the construction of a system of municipal water works. E. R. Dodge, Intervenor. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The judge who presided at the trial, named in the answer to our petition, was disqualified under the statute of the state, and was not, being disqualified, competent to preside in the case, or to make any valid order in or about it. Our…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Massey, J.:
Original application for writ of mandate commanding the respondents to execute a certain contract for the construction of a system of water works, and to compel the president of said council and the clerk of said city to execute said contract, and to compel said city council to execute and deliver to the relators certain bonds of said city pursuant to said contract.
The petition, among other matters, recites:
That on the 13th day of September, 1897, the city council of the city of Reno called, by resolution, an election to be held in the city of Reno on the 7th day of…
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