Edward C. Jones Co. v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward 0. Jones Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 5th day of February, 1898, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action is a corporation dealing in stocks, bonds, etc., in the city of New York, and the defendant is the board of education of the city of Mount Vernon, which is a few miles distant from the first-named city and upon the line of one of the rapid transit railroads. 'In December, 1896, the defendant issued an advertisement, announcing that it would receive bids for the purchase of sixty-five school loan bonds of $1,000 each, and it agreed to dispose of these bonds to the person making the most.advantageous bid, taking into consideration the rate of interest,…
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