State ex rel. Woodruff-Dunlap Printing Co. v. Cornell

The relator herein filed in the district court of Lancaster county an application for a writ of mandamus to issue against John F. Cornell, the auditor of public accounts, John B. Meserve, state treasurer, and William F. Porter, secretary of state, who by law constitute the state printing board, to compel such board to award and cause to be let to the relator a contract to do certain of the public printing. An alternative writ was issued, in which appeared certain formal statements, to which we need devote no space or attention; also, that prior to December, 1896, and up to January 7, 1897,…