McCormick v. Board of Commissioners

Patrick H. McCormick and Patrick H. Sweeney, two of the appellants, brought suit against the Board of *215Commissioners of Johnson county, Francis L. Farman and Charles Pearce, the appellees, to enjoin the board from awarding to Farman and Pearce a contract for building a court-house. Wesley C. Flail and David Pearce, the other two appellants, also brought suit against the same defendants, for a similar purpose. In each separate suit the complaint contained two paragraphs, each averring that the plaintiffs were residents and tax-payers of Johnson county. The two suits were consolidated, and tried…