Legal Opinion
Midway Excavators, Inc. v. Chandler
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 3, 1986No. 85-359PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
This case involves an alleged mistake in a bid by the plaintiff, Midway Excavators, Inc., on a highway construction project in the town of Franconia. The New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways (now the department of transportation) accepted the bid, but refused to reform it to correct the alleged mistake. The plaintiff challenged that refusal in a petition for equitable relief. The Superior Court (Dickson, J.) denied the petition, and the plaintiff appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
In May 1985, the department solicited bids for the project. The notice stated that…
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