Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. Beebe

Opinion by

Green, C.:

This was an action for an injunction, brought upon the relation of the county attorney, against the board of county commissioners of Harper county. The petition alleged that on the 9th day of January, 1891, the board of county commissioners entered into a contract with J. R. and S. C. Hammond, the proprietors of the Anthony Journal, by the terms of which it was agreed that, for the period of one year then next ensuing, all the county printing should be done by the Hammonds, at legal rates; that at the time of the making of such contract the board of county commissioners…