Dolman v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the commissioners of Kingman county to submit a controversy alleged to have arisen as to the construction of county bridges to arbitration.

Plaintiffs allege that the commissioners of Kingman county entered into a contract with them for the construction of three bridges in the county of Kingman in accordance with standard specifications prepared by the Kansas state highway commission, which included the quality of gravel and cement to be used in the concrete work; that from the outset…