United States v. P. J. Carlin Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on writ of error to review a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered on January 2, 1913, dismissing the complaint on the merits. The action was brought to recover the sum of $115,000, reduced by the plaintiff at the trial to $80,000, as damages for the failure of the Carlin Company to enter into a contract.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
The government of the United States, acting through its agents, advertised, in March, 1908, that it would receive sealed proposals for the construction of certain improvements to be made at Ft. Mason, San Francisco, Cal., which work was to be done in .strict accordance with drawings and specifications. Bids were to be received until noon May 4, 1908, when they were to be publicly opened. The specifications required each bidder to submit with his proposals either a certified check for $10,000, or a surety company bond equal to 10 per cent, of the amount of his proposal,…
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