Bacon v. Village of Oak Lawn

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment, injunctive and other relief against defendants, the Village of Oak Lawn, its officials, and Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, a designer and builder of elevated water tanks, after the village had let a contract for the repair of its water tower to the Bridge and Iron Company. Plaintiff had submitted a lower hid or quotation for this work and brought his complaint on the sole ground that municipal contracts let to other than the lowest bidder were “in violation of the Statutes of the State of…