State ex rel. Henderson v. Board of State Prison Commissioners
Montana Supreme Court
Mandamus by the state, on the relation of F. A. Henderson and another, against the board of state prison commissioners to compel defendants to sign and execute a contract with relators for the care of the inmates of the state prison.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The facts in this case, as disclosed by the affidavit of the plaintiffs and the answer of the defendants, are substantially as follows: On February 5, 1908, the board of state prison commissioners caused to be published a call for bids for the care, custody and maintenance of all prisoners confined in the state prison at Deer Lodge, for the period of two years, commencing the eigh*380teenth day of June, 1908; in answer to said call two bids were received, one from Conley & McTague, the contractors in charge of the prison at the time, and one from the above-named plaintiffs. The bid of the latter…
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