Kendall Bank Note Co. v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered 12th January, 1884, in an action of assumupsit brought by the Kendall Bank Rote Company against the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state of Virginia, wherein a verdict and judgment were rendered against them in favor of the plaintiff for $30,000, and interest, &c.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered 12th January, 1884, in an action of assumupsit brought by the Kendall Bank Rote Company against the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state of Virginia, wherein a verdict and judgment were rendered against them in favor of the plaintiff for $30,000, and interest, &c. This action was instituted for damages accruing to plaintiff by reason of the defendant’s breach of a contract made by them with plaintiff in April, 1882, for the engraving and printing of certain bonds, coupons and certificates, under an act of the general…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In April, 1882, the plaintiffs in error entered into a contract with the defendants in error for the engraving and printing by 'them of the state bonds required by the act of assembly of February 14th, 1882, entitled “ An act to ascertain and declare Virginia's share of the debt created before and actually existing at the time of the partition of her territory and resources,'' &c. 'The board of sinking fund commissioners advertised for bids for this work. Among other bids one was made by the defend.ants in error as follows :
“We will engrave the two sets of plates for $1,000 and $500, one…
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