People ex rel. Hausauer-Jones Printing Co. v. Zimmerman

The relator asks for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to deliver to the relator all warrants in his possession, payable to' the order of the relator, issued and made out for public printing furnished by the relator to the city of Buffalo pursuant to a contract for printing made between the city of Buffalo and the relator, whereby the relator undertook and agreed to do certain ¡minting required by the various departments of the city for the year ending December 31, 1907.

The granting of the writ is resisted on the sole alleged grounds that the relator has violated its…