Elliot v. Minneapolis City
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Wyman Elliot, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Robert D. Russell, J., made March 24, 1894, denying his motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Wyman Elliot, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Robert D. Russell, J., made March 24, 1894, denying his motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, a resident taxpayer of the City of Minneapolis, commenced this action November 8, 1893, against that city, William H. Eustis, mayor, W. G-. Nye, comptroller and Charles F. Haney, clerk of the city, to restrain defendants from executing and delivering to Goodnow & Lawther a contract for the purchase of wood and coal for the city pursuant to an award made by the common council. The defendants answered and the…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The city of Minneapolis, desiring to purchase fuel for the use of the city, advertised for bids for furnishing such fuel. Several different bids were received, among them being those of the Northwestern Fuel Company, the Pioneer Fuel Company, and G oodnow & Lawther.
The total amount of the bid of each of the three bidders above specifically referred to, to wit, the Pioneer Fuel Company, the Northwestern Fuel Company, and Goodnow & Lawther, correctly computed from said schedule of bids, is as follows:
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The bid of Goodnow & Lawther for all the departments, excepting the waterworks, was $194.25…
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