City of East Chicago v. Broomes

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Defendants-appellants City of East Chicago, Indiana, and others (collectively referred to as the City) and Metro Construction Company (Metro) appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of plaintiffs-appellees Edward L.C. Broomes, Edward Edwards, Katie Mason, and Ceasar Bonilla (collectively referred to as taxpayers).

The basis of this appeal stems from the taxpayers' 1974 lawsuit to declare a construction contract between Metro and the City to be illegal and void. In Broomes et al. v. City of East Chicago et al., (1976) 168 Ind.App. 348, 342 N.E.2d 893, this Court held…