Utah Plumbing & Heating Contractors Ass'n v. Board of Education of Weber County School District

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs, an organization of plumbing contractors and three other trade associations, including some from Weber County, sued to enjoin defendant Weber County Board of Education from installing a sprinkling system on the Roy High School football field. Plaintiffs contend that the defendant’s use of its own maintenance employees to put in the sprinkling system was a violation of Section 53-11-1, U.C.A.1953, which requires advertising for bids “[wjhenever any schoolhouse is to be built” or any improvement constructed costing over $20,000.

The pertinent facts viewed in…