Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Industrial Enterprises Inc.

PONDER, Judge.

This is a suit by the Parish of East Baton Rouge to require Industrial Enterprises, Inc. to sign a contract or alternatively to require Industrial Enterprises, Inc. and Commercial Union Insurance, its surety, to pay the amount of a bid bond. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.

The issue before this court is whether or not there is a binding contract between the parties. We affirm.

On November 20, 1973, plaintiff received bids for street paving. Industrial was the low bidder. On December 12, 1973, the Parish Council…