Conn v. State ex rel. Stutsman

— The complaint in this cause alleges, substantially, that on the 19th day of May, 1886, the board of commissioners of Elkhart county ordered the construction of a county asylum for said county, and adopted plans and specifications for the construction thereof; that they caused notice to be given, as required by law, of the letting of a contract for the construction thereof, and requesting bids for the same ; that the appellant Lewis M. Smalley, being about to bid for the contract for the construction of said asylum, filed his bond with the county auditor of said county, conditioned as the…