State ex rel. Office of the Governor v. L. W. Eaton Construction Co.

COLE, Judge.

This is a motion by the defendant-appel-lee, L. W. Eaton Construction Company, Inc., to dismiss the appeal of the plaintiff-appellant, the State of Louisiana, on the ground that the matter before this Court is now moot. For the reasons hereafter assigned, we find the motion to dismiss must be denied.

*476This suit involves a contractual dispute. Prior to April 4, 1973, the state had advertised for bids for the construction of a facility for the L.S.U. School of Veterinary Medicine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Eaton was eventually determined to be the low bidder.

On that date, these…