In re Shaddock

Petitioner was awarded a contract by the city of Buffalo for certain plumbing and heating work with six separate items as extras. Subsequently, in a taxpayer’s action, this contract was held to be illegal because of the failure of petitioner to submit separate bids upon each of the six extras and the city was permanently enjoined from making further payment to petitioner “ under the contract in question.”

This contract was signed the day after this court at Special Term upon a motion for a preliminary injunction had decided that the contract was valid; and, presumably in reliance upon this…