Pioneer Co. v. Hutchinson

Flowers, Justice:

The Pioneer Company, a corporation, was the low bidder on a sewer construction contract advertised by the City of Charleston. When the city council voted to award the contract to Lester Construction Company, the second lowest bidder, Pioneer filed a civil action in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County against John G. Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Charleston. Pioneer sought to compel the mayor to execute the construction contract with it and to enjoin him from entering into such a contract with any other bidder. The trial court defined the issues as whether the plaintiff was…