Trapp v. City of Newport
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 98 — Action by John Trapp against the City of Newport and Others fop, a Mandatory Injunction to Award Him a Contract ' for Certain Street Improvements. APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals.
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Case 98 — Action by John Trapp against the City of Newport and Others fop, a Mandatory Injunction to Award Him a Contract ' for Certain Street Improvements. APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. PROPOSITIONS' DISCUSSED AND AUTHORITIES. 1. A city council has no. right or authority, in law, to arbitrarily, wilfully and fraudulently, and without any good -reason or excuse, reject the bid of the lowest and -best bidder for the ■reconstruction of a .street whoi has complied with .all .the specifications and provisions of the ordinance under whiicih the;…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDjG-E BARKER
Affirming.
This action was instituted by tbe appellant in tbe Campbell circuit court against the city of Newport, and its mayor and general council, for the purpose of obtaining a mandatory injunction requiring tbe appellees, who constitute tbe city government of tbe municipality named, to award him tbe contract for making certain street improvements, to which be claimed to be entitled. Newport is a city of the second class, and its charter, therefore, is contained in article 3, c. 89, of tbe Kentucky Statutes of 1899. In tbe spring of 1902 tbe general…
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