Harris v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

The City of Philadelphia, through its Department of City Transit, advertised for bids for the construction of a section of the Broad Street subway, the attention of bidders being called to an ordinance of the City of Philadelphia requiring all bids to be accompanied by a certified check for 5% of the total amount of the bid. Six bids were received and when opened it was discovered the lowest was $16,749,936, and the next highest $16,-863,436.75, a difference of approximately $113,500. It was found, however, that the check accompanying the lowest bid was for…