Stanley-Taylor Co. v. Board of Supervisors

THE COURT.

Appeal from judgment, entered for defendants, after order sustaining demurrer to petition for a-writ of mandate. The petition shows that the defendants, as the board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, advertised for sealed proposals for furnishing the said city and county with certain printed forms and blanks, and that the contract would be let to the lowest bidder. The advertisement stated that the “board reserves the right to reject any and all bids if the public good so require.” The petitioner put in a bid in due form, which was the lowest of several bids…