City of Mayfield v. Carey-Reed Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees —

Affirming.

The appellee, Carey-Reed Company, brought this action against the city of Mayfield to recover $4,679.77 alleged to be due for street and sidewalk construction work done on the “Paducah road” from Maple street to the north limits of the city, a distance of 400 or 500 feet.

In 1925 the city initiated an ambitious program for the construction of streets and sidewalks, and during the succeeding two years contracts in the aggregate amount of neárly $1,000,000 were let. Carey-Reed Company was the successful bidder for practically all of the work, and the…