Voorhies Electrical Contracting, Inc. v. Town of Bunkie

The plaintiff contractor had deposited a certified check in the sum of $4,646.04 as a good faith bid bond in connection with a bid to construct two swimming pools for the Town of Bunkie. By this action, the plaintiff seeks return of this bond or, alternatively, a judgment for its amount. The municipality and its corporate officers were 'made defendants.

After trial on the merits the District Court rendered judgment- in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant municipality in the full sum of the bond deposited. Appeals were taken from this judgment by the city attorney, as a citizen and…