Lerdall Const. Co., Inc. v. City of Ossian

ALLBEE, Justice.

Plaintiff construction company filed a petition seeking recovery for part of the cost of constructing a sanitary sewer system for defendant City of Ossian, Iowa. In addition to the city, the petition named as defendants the mayor and city councilmen, both individually and in their official capacities. The petition alleged that the city, by and through the mayor and councilmen, requested bids for replacement of the city’s sanitary sewer system, which was to be a “public improvement” under Iowa statutes, and subsequently contracted with plaintiff to do the project; that…