Gustafson v. Riggs

MOLLOY, Judge.

This appeal requires an interpretation of a statute giving preference to certain contractors in bids on public work. The lower court held that both competing contractors, B. L. Gustafson and Lester E. Jackson, met the preference requirements of this statute and that therefore the award of the bid to the lowest bidder, Jackson, was proper.

The statutory language controlling this controversy is:

“B. In awarding the contract for work to be paid for from public funds, bids of contractors who have satisfactorily performed prior public contracts, and who have paid state and county taxes…