Cameron v. City of Escondido

Respondents, city of Escondido, the city council, and the mayor thereof, proceeding under the Improvement Act of 1911 (Stats. 1911, chap. 397, p. 730) and Streets and Highways Code, section 5240 et seq., advertised for bids for construction of certain sewer work in that city. The bid proposal stated, among other things, that pursuant to section 5242 of the Streets and Highways Code, said bid should be accompanied by “a certified cheek payable to the city” or a bond in the amount of 10 per cent of the aggregate of the proposal, and that bids would be opened at 7:30 p.m. on August 3, 1955. At…