Adolphus v. Baskin

The City Commission of the City of Clear-water, proposing to let a contract for the erection of a certain municipal building and jail addition at a designated place, procured competent architects to prepare plans and specifications for such building, and, acting through the City Manager, published a notice calling for bids for the construction of said building to conform to the plans and specifications so prepared and on file. The notice required certain conditions to be met and certain things to be done as incident to the filing of bids to erect the building. Some eight different persons,…