Martone & Son, Inc. v. County of Nassau

William R. Brennan, Jr., J.

This is a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules in the nature of a mandamus, wherein petitioner, a general contracting corporation, which was the low bidder among 11 contracting companies which submitted bids for general contract work for the erection of the new county jail house, seeks to annul the determination of respondents County of Nassau, Eugene H. Nickerson, County Executive, and Eugene F. (ribbons, Commissioner of Public Works, refusing to accept the bid of petitioner and award the contract to it.

Upon oral argument, the court…