State ex rel. Eaves v. Rickards
Montana Supreme Court
Mandamus to compel state furnishing board to award a contract for printing codes to a particular bidder. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The matter before us is a decision upon the return of an alternative writ of mandamus.
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Mandamus to compel state furnishing board to award a contract for printing codes to a particular bidder. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The matter before us is a decision upon the return of an alternative writ of mandamus. The respondents, constituting the state furnishing board, let a contract to the Inter-Mountain Publishing Company for printing, annotating and binding the Codes which were adopted at the fourth session of the legislative assembly. The act of the legislature, approved March 7, 1895, as to’ the printing of the Codes, provided, among other things:…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Witt, J.
As we have viewed the case from its inception, there seem to be only two main propositions for the decision of this court: (1) Had the state furnishing board, in awarding this contract, discretionary powers? This is the question of law in the case. (2) If the first proposition be answered in the affirmative, did the board wisely exercise such discretion, or did they, as alleged by the relators, exercise it “wrongfully, arbitrarily, and in disregard of duty”?
We will first address our attention to the question of law. It is true that the relators were the lowest bidders for this contract, and…
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- State ex rel. Adamson v. Lafayette County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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