Moore v. . Lambeth

It is provided by C. S., 2830, that, except in special emergencies involving the health or safety of the people or their property, no contract for municipal construction or repair work, estimated to cost a thousand dollars or more, shall be awarded without first inviting proposals for the same by advertisement, etc.; and provision is also made against division of any bid or contract for the purpose of evading the law.

That this statute was violated in the instant case is established by the verdict, and we have discovered no reversible error on the record.

The case is clear with respect to the…