City of Atlanta v. Boyd

The Supreme Court, in construing the identical contract involved in this case, held: “Where, in response to an advertisement by a municipality for bids for the furnishing and delivery of coal for a period of 12 months, a bid is made to furnish a specified number of tons, and a contract is afterwards entered into for the delivery of so many tons per month at a given price and at a stated place, but it is expressly stipulated in the contract that the purchaser shall be at liberty at any time by a written notice to order a suspension of deliveries of the coal and to refuse to accept further…