Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. Willcox

The Barber Asphalt Paving Co., suing as a taxpayer, seeks to enjoin the park commissioners from awarding a contract for repaving West Seventy-second street. On September 16, 1903, the board of estimate and apportionment adopted a resolution approving specifications for the proposed work which contained the following clauses: “ The bidder may, at his option, offer to lay the roadway pavement in one or other of the following three methods separately described and designated herein, as indicated: Method A. Pavement of asphalt blocks three inches in thickness, with a base of Portland cement…