State ex rel. McKinnon v. Scott

This is an application for a mandamus to compel the defendants to accept a bid for the leasing of the S. E. £ of the S. W. £, and the S. W. £ of the S. E. £ of sec. 6, T. 8, E. 7 E., in Lancaster county, and to execute a lease to him for the same.

It appears from the application that in December, 1880, one Valentine Meyer entered into a contract of lease with the state of Nebraska for the land above described, and that said Meyer, since the 1st day of January, 1881, has failed to pay the rental price agreed upon in said contract. That Meyer having become a non-resident of the state, the…