Armitage v. Mayor & Common Council of Newark
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. Tliis suit brings up for review the proceedings of the common council of the city o£ Newark which resulted in the awarding of a contract for the erection of a public market building to the Essex Construction Company. The proceedings prior to the actual awarding of the contract were conducted cn the part of the city by the market committee of common council.
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On certiorari. Tliis suit brings up for review the proceedings of the common council of the city o£ Newark which resulted in the awarding of a contract for the erection of a public market building to the Essex Construction Company. The proceedings prior to the actual awarding of the contract were conducted cn the part of the city by the market committee of common council. On May 3d, 1913, at a special meeting of this committee, plans and specifications were adopted and a motion carried that bids for the work would be received on Monday, May 36th, 1913. Advertisement was thereupon made for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
Clearly, the lowest bid did not get the contract. The lowest bid, under the invitation to bidders, ivas the aggregate of the lowest bids for separate items.
This hid was $16,488 lower than that of the successful bidder. The circumstance that this lowest bid ivas made up of the separate proposals that had been invited is not a lawful ground for discrimination against it; such proposals were made in strict compliance with the, terms of the advertisement for bids and under the statute the award must follow such advertisement or the contract…
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