Legal Opinion

Zimmerman v. Miller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 7, 1912No. Appeal, No. 203PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1912, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1912, No. 6, on bill in equity in case of D. B. Zimmerman, et al., v. Pierce Miller, et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. The opinion of the Supreme Court states tbe case.

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Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1912, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1912, No. 6, on bill in equity in case of D. B. Zimmerman, et al., v. Pierce Miller, et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. The opinion of the Supreme Court states tbe case. Error assigned was decree awarding injunction to restrain tbe defendants from entering into a contract with Auman and Granger for the erection of the school build ing in controversy. — The defendants are a board of school directors, and as such, are invested with discretionary and deliberative powers, and in rejecting the…

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Mr. Justice Moschzisker,

Counsel for the appellant urges but one point for our determination: Was error committed in restraining the defendant school board from awarding the contract for the erection of the contemplated school building under the facts in this case?

The court below found that the school board advertised that sealed proposals for the erection of the school house would be received until one p. m. on June 11, 1912, — all bids to be accompanied by certified check in the sum of $500; that “on the 11th day of June, 1912, three bids were handed to the directors, one by S. F.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Louchheim v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Conduit & Foundation Corp. v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Harris v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. Regan v. StoddardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  5. Bradbury v. ShawSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1976

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