Board of County Commissioners v. People ex rel. Collins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Writ awarded. Appeal by respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
Eelator was the lowest bidder to supply meats to the county institutions for the quarter ending December, 1897. About one-third of the supplies was awarded to him, and the balance to P. D. Armour & Co. and the Hammond Company. Eelator made written demand on the board of county commissioners to award him the contract for furnishing the supplies mentioned in his bid not already given him, and the board having failed to comply with the demand, he filed his petition for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the board of commissioners,…
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