Bromagin v. City of Bloomington
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. Myers, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. Myers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the city of Bloomington and board of local improvements of that city from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District affirming a decree of the circuit court of McLean county rescinding a bid submitted by R. O. Bromagin & Co. to appellants to construct a certain water main in said city, and restraining appellants from declaring a forfeiture of or collecting a certified check for the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The bid of the appellees was prepared in haste. Bromagin had the matter of making the bid in mind for some time, but it was not until the day upon which bids must be made that he succeeded in associating any one with him of sufficient financial ability to secure the certified check which was to accompany the bid. The bids were to be delivered not later than two o’clock P. M., and the bid of the appellees had to be prepared and delivered" to the proper officer after eleven o’clock A. M. of that day. The bid contained forty-three separate items, the amount of each of the most of which could…
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