Pittsburgh Paving Co. v. Pittsburgh

On June 11, 1929, pursuant to proceedings in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, the electorate of the Borough of Overbrook, which was contiguous to the City of Pittsburgh, voted in favor of annexation to the city. The effective date of annexation was fixed by the court as January 6, 1930. During these six intervening months between the election and the annexation, the borough council entered into contracts for twenty-four street improvement projects. Sixteen of these contracts were awarded to the legal plaintiff, the Pittsburgh Paving Company. As construction under the…