Legal Opinion
Lehigh Structural Steel Co. v. Great Lakes Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 9, 1934No. 299PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action is to recover damages for the breach of a contract by the defendant.
The defendant was awarded a contract for the construction of the United States Assay Office at Old Slip in the city of New York.
On September 3, 1939, the defendant sent a postal card to the plaintiff inviting it to bid for the fabrication and erection of the structural steel in the Assay building. Thereupon the plaintiff prepared a bid at $139,609 and transmitted it to the…
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