Legal Opinion

City of Denver v. Bossie

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 27, 1928No. 11,807PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOSSIE obtained a decree against the City and County of Denver enjoining it from entry into a contract pursuant to certain bids for the erection of a municipal building. The city brings error.

The complaint violates the Code in several respects, especially in respect to the requirement of conciseness and the restriction to material facts. It even quotes statutes at length. It should have been amended in this respect.

The substance of the complaint is that the city has received bids for the erection of a municipal building the lowest of which amounts to over $4,000,000,* and, unless restrained…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. Heim v. McCallSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. People ex rel. Attorney General v. CassidaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
  4. City & County of Denver v. HallettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
  5. City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1919

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Reeves, Inc. v. StakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. City and County of Denver v. SweetSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  3. W.C.M. Window Co., Inc. v. E. Allen Bernardi, Director of the Department of Labor, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. City of Portland v. WelchOregon Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Equitable Shipyards, Inc. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1980

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