Psaty v. Duryea

Plaintiffs are building contractors who, having put in a bid to erect a building for the State, and having discovered, after the several competitive bids had been opened and theirs found to be the lowest, that they had made a serious omission in calculation of the amount of their bid, informed officials in the State Department of Public Works of the alleged error and requested that they (plaintiffs) be relieved of their bid because of the mistake, and that their bid check of $7,500 be returned. After conferences, the State officials refused to accede to this request. Plaintiffs then brought…