Thatcher Chemical Co. v. Salt Lake City Corp.

TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiff filed this action in the court below pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 78-33-2, U.C.A.1953, wherein it seeks to have the court determine that a contract existed between the plaintiff and Salt Lake City pertaining to the sale and purchase of alum for use by the City.

Prior to June 19, 1967, the City Purchasing Department had requested bids for the furnishing of 1,700,000 pounds of liquid alum and 200,000 pounds of dry alum for use by the City in its water treatment plants. The plaintiff submitted its bid for liquid alum in the sum of $56.99 per ton. When the bids…