Sweezey v. Mayor of Malden

This is a bill in equity brought by more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Malden against the mayor and others, under the provisions of G. L. c. 40, § 53,. to restrain certain officers of the city from carrying out a contract, entered into and approved by said officers, for the paving of Lebanon Street. After the submission of the case on briefs the plaintiffs contended that the advertisement for bids as recited in the record is erroneous because a comma was not inserted between the words “Topeka Bitulithic” and the words “Sheet Asphalt,” and that the comma appears in the original…