Haun v. Board of County Commissioners

*657The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by W. G. Haun against the board of county commissioners of Lane county to recover upon a contract for the sale of county warrants to be issued by the board for the purpose of building and equipping a courthouse and jail in the approximate amount of $70,000, or not to exceed the amount of $100,000. The petition set out the contract, the refusal of the board to issue and deliver the warrants to plaintiff; but that it had sold and delivered them to other parties. Plaintiff alleged that he had or could have sold the…