Montana Supreme Court July 18, 1908, No. 2,580 (State ex rel. Henderson v. Board of State Prison Commissioners)

MR. JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court.

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