Amer. Pavement Co. v. Wagner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. . No. 14 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 82 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 4. On May 29, 1888, the American Artificial Stone Pavement Company, Limited, brought assumpsit against Louis Wagner, to recover damages for a refusal by the defendant, acting as the director of public works of the city of Philadelphia, to award to the plaintiffs, as the lowest responsible bidders, a contract for…
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. . No. 14 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 82 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 4. On May 29, 1888, the American Artificial Stone Pavement Company, Limited, brought assumpsit against Louis Wagner, to recover damages for a refusal by the defendant, acting as the director of public works of the city of Philadelphia, to award to the plaintiffs, as the lowest responsible bidders, a contract for certain public work in said city, and for subsequently awarding such contract to another person, in violation, as was…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Mr. Justice Clark:
This action of assumpsit, under the statute, was brought by the American Artificial Stone Pavement Company, Limited, against Louis Wagner, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained from the failure or refusal of the defendant, as the director of the department of public works of the city of Philadelphia, to award to the company a contract for lining .a section of the East Park reservoir. The city councils having, by ordinance of December 31, 1886, appropriated $300,000 to extensions in the water department for the year 1887, the defendant, in his official…
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