Universal By-Products Corp. v. Schwartz

The petitioner in applying for a mandamus order set forth in its petition that it had, with others, made a bid to the council of the city of Buffalo for the construction of a garbage disposal plant after the city by its duly constituted officers had by proper acts and negotiations invited such offers. It says the bid it submitted (and annexed to the petition) was the lowest bid; and that it gave a bond conditioned to insure the completion of the work. It alleges further that thereafter a resolution, set forth at length, was duly and legally adopted by the council directing the commissioner of…