Legal Opinion
State v. Common Council of Trenton
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 15, 1887PublishedCited by 8 opinions
On certiorari. The facts presented sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, J.
This writ has brought before us the proceedings of the common council of Trenton, awarding to the *340Trenton Rubber Company a contract for furnishing the city with four thousand five hundred feet of rubber fire hose.
Ten reasons are relied on to establish a lack of power in the council to award this contract.
Prosecutor’s claim, as disclosed by his reasons, is that this contract is of a kind which is required by the city charter to be opened to competition in a specified mode, and to be awarded to the lowest bidder, and which would be beyond the…
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- Dickinson v. . City of PoughkeepsieNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Brown v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Parr v. President & Trustees of the GreenbushNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Sternberg v. Board of Com'rs of Tangipahoa Drainage Dist. No. 1Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
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