Legal Opinion
City of Newport News v. Doyle and Russell, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 8, 1971No. Record 7364PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
The City of Newport News filed its motion for judgment against the defendants, Doyle and Russell, Inc., and Federal Insurance Company, seeking to recover the sum of $53,182.50 allegedly due on a bid bond as a result of Doyle and Russell’s failure to execute a contract awarded by the City and a performance bond for the construction of an incinerating plant.
In their grounds of defense the defendants admitted the submission of the bid to construct the plant and the refusal to execute a contract and performance bond and set up two affirmative defenses: (1) that the written proposal had never…
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