Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co. v. Williams

—This is an appeal from a judgment denying an application for a writ of mandate to require the respondent auditor to draw a warrant upon a claim for cement furnished by the petitioner to the county of Sacramento, which claim has been duly approved by the board of supervisors, The cement was purchased by the purchasing agent of the county without advertising for bids, for the purpose of constructing certain highways in the county of Sacramento. The improvement of these highways was provided for by a county bond issue of one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars at an election held…