Legal Opinion
W. R. Aldrich & Co. v. Gravity Drainage District Number 1
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 25, 1959No. 44592PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
In this suit the plaintiff seeks to annul a contract awarded by a drainage district, to enjoin the defendants from taking further action under the contract, and for a mandatory injunction commanding the drainage district to award the contract to the plaintiff as the lowest responsible bidder. Upon trial, the lower court dismissed plaintiff’s demands. A writ of certiorari, coupled with a stay order, was granted by this Court.
Gravity Drainage District Number 1 of Rapides Parish inserted an advertisement in a newspaper, the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, inviting bids to be received…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Straw v. WilliamsportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
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