Worthington v. Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The plaintiffs in error, as surviving partners of a firm doing business under tbe name of Henry R. Worthington, brought this action upon a written agreement concluded, May 19, 1885, between that firm and the Boston Water Board — the latter assuming to act on behalf of the city of Boston.
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EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The plaintiffs in error, as surviving partners of a firm doing business under tbe name of Henry R. Worthington, brought this action upon a written agreement concluded, May 19, 1885, between that firm and the Boston Water Board — the latter assuming to act on behalf of the city of Boston. This agreement involved the expenditure of a large sum of money for pumping engines and machinery in connection with the “high-service” extension of the water works of the city, and was made without an advertisement for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The facts, set forth in the written stipulation of the parties, bring this case within very narrow limits.
The grant of power to the Water Board, by the ordinance of March 22, 187G, was subject to the right of the city council, from time to time, by ordinances, orders, or resolutions, to instruct the Board, and to change and limit its authority, and, also, to the condition that no contract or purchase, estimated to involve an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars, except a contract for the laying of pipe, should be made without an advertisement for sealed proposals in the mode…
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