Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. City of West Bay City

This action was brought to recover the amount of a deposit made with the defendant city, accompanying a bid to furnish 5,000 feet, more or less, of street conduit. The defendant claims that this deposit was made as security that the plaintiff would enter into a contract in accordance with the terms of its bid, that it failed and refused to do so, and that the city was compelled to award the contract to another at an increase in cost of more than the amount of the deposit. The plaintiff meets this contention by asserting that the minds of the parties never met, and that the city never tendered…