State Ex Rel. Madigan v. County Commissioners

This action is brought by certain resident taxpayers of the town of Stamford and neighboring towns in the county of Fairfield, seeking mandamus to compel the county commissioners and treasurer of the county to purchase, alter and furnish a certain building in Stamford for use as a county building and court house and to issue bonds for that purpose. No question is raised as to the right of the plaintiffs to maintain the action. On February 5th, 1937, a bank which owns the building made an offer to the county commissioners to sell it to the county for $90,000. The Legislature, on April 27th,…