Ardmare Construction Co. v. Freedman

In a judgment rendered from the bench,1 the trial judge granted the plaintiffs request for mandamus, and ordered the commissioner of administrative services to award a contract for the repair of walls and walks at the community correctional center in Bridge*498port to the plaintiff. The defendants2 have appealed maintaining that an order of mandamus was improper because (1) the commissioner performs a discretionary duty when awarding a public work contract; (2) the plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law; and (3) the plaintiffs bid was incomplete, requiring the commissioner to reject the bid…