O'Neill Construction Co. v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

In the construction of the Little Tacony Creek sewer, from a point southwest of Lewis Street to the junction of Little Tacony and Frankford Creeks, the City of Philadelphia let the job in two sections, one extending from the northeasterly end to a point about 700 feet northeast of Frankford Creek, and the other completing the sewer southwesterly to that creek. The first section was constructed by the firm of Mazóla & Morana and was finished about a year before the second was begun. Plaintiff company was the low bidder on the latter job. It entered into a contract…