· 10/25/1897
Kettenring v. United States
Citations
- 168 U.S. 703
- 18 S. Ct. 943
- 42 L. Ed. 1211
- 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1752
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- a mandamus proceeding to compel the State Board of Control, now the State Commissioner of Public Institutions, to perform the covenants of a contract made between it and a contractor is virtually one against the State and cannot be maintained
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