Bevilacqua v. Clark

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The question raised by this appeal is: may a municipal corporation extend a concession license agreement for a term certain without public competitive bidding when the original license agreement had been made after such bidding and contained a clause that it could be extended for a limited period? The court below decided that it could.

Plaintiff-appellant, the successful bidder in 1951 and unsuccessful bidder in 1952 for the operation of the golf driving range concession located at the Cobb’s Creek Golf Course, seeks, by a bill in equity, to cancel the…