Wheaton Building & Lumber Co. v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against the city of Boston, for the amount of $2,000 deposited by the plaintiff in accordance with the terms required by the defendant in a bid or proposal made by the plaintiff for the building of a certain school house in Boston. Writ dated November 16, 1905. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Fessenden, J., without a jury. He refused to make certain rulings requested by the plaintiff, and found for the defendant.
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Contract, against the city of Boston, for the amount of $2,000 deposited by the plaintiff in accordance with the terms required by the defendant in a bid or proposal made by the plaintiff for the building of a certain school house in Boston. Writ dated November 16, 1905. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Fessenden, J., without a jury. He refused to make certain rulings requested by the plaintiff, and found for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, raising the questions which are stated and disposed of in the opinion. St. 1890, c. 418, referred to in the opinion, is…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
The plaintiff in common with several others, in response to an advertisement issued by the school house commissioners of Boston, submitted a bid for the erection of a certain school house, transmitting with it a check to the order of defendant for $2,000. The city claims the right to hold this money upon these facts: The bid signed by the plaintiff contained the following provision-: “ The undersigned proposes and agrees that if within twenty days after the day named below for leaving the proposal, notice that this proposal will be accepted for the city shall be mailed to him at the address…
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