State v. Inhabitants of Trenton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The writ in this case brings up for review, a contract for the paving of Prospect street, in the city of Trenton, with vitrified brick, awarded by the municipal authorities to one Dennis Roe.

It is insisted on behalf of the prosecutor that the contract is void because it was not awarded to the lowest bidder, as required by the one hundred and seventh section of the city charter; and the right of the prosecutor to challenge the action of the city is based upon the claim that he himself was the lowest bidder, and that, by the award of the…