McIntosh Road Materials Co. v. Woolworth

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew:

While I concur with the majority in holding that the attempt to award contracts on March 29, 1950, was a *216nullity, I must dissent from the view that binding contracts were entered into with appellant companies on March 2,1950, for the reason that it completely ignores the plain mandates of the statute governing the purchase of materials for state use. The record here before us conclusively shows that the provisions of the applicable statute were not fully complied with, and therefore, no contracts came into being between the Commonwealth and…