Home Coal Co. v. Board of Education

This case is before us on a rule to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not be allowed to review action of the respondent in awarding a yearly contract for coal. The contract itself has not yet been made. The prosecutor was one of ten unsuccessful bidders for the contract, each of the ten bids being for the precise sums contained in prosecutor’s bid, which were approximately $9,000 higher than that of the successful bidder. It does not appear that prosecutor is a taxpayer in the city. It appears only as an unsuccessful bidder. Such status is not sufficient to enable it to prosecute a…