Preuer v. Bardes

The plaintiff herein, a tax-payer of Hamilton county, Ohio, and owning property along the line of the proposed improvement, brings this suit to enjoin the commissioners of Hamilton county from entering into a contract with the United States Wood Preserving Company — they being the lowest bidder — for the improvement of Mitchell avenue in Cincinnati between designated points under certain specifications.

The plaintiff in his petition makes broad and sweeping allegations of fraud and collusion between the successful bidder, *66the United States Wood Preserving Company, and the board of county…