State Ex Rel. Alport v. Boyle-Pryor Construction Co.

On July 2, 1936, the State of Missouri accepted the bid of Boyle-Pryor Construction Company, a corporation, amounting- to more than two million dollars, for the construction and repair of certain buildings at the state penitentiary. Prior to that time the construction company had an arrangement with appellant whereby he had made an estimate of the cost of the labor and material for the job; negotiated with materialmen and subcontractors and had done all research and work involved in preparing the bid. Under this verbal understanding- appellant was to receive no compensation for this…