Louchheim v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. 1,941, dissolving special injunction in case of Jerome H. Louehheim and Walter O. Louehheim v. City of Philadelphia, John Weaver, Mayor of the said city, Thomas L. Hicks, Director of Public Works, S. B. Norcross and N. Perry Edmund, copartners, trading as Norcross & Edmunds. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 188, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. 1,941, dissolving special injunction in case of Jerome H. Louehheim and Walter O. Louehheim v. City of Philadelphia, John Weaver, Mayor of the said city, Thomas L. Hicks, Director of Public Works, S. B. Norcross and N. Perry Edmund, copartners, trading as Norcross & Edmunds. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The facts' are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dissolving special injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The appellants seek to restrain the appellees by injunction from executing and delivering a contract for filter materials and collectors for the Torresdale filters, to the firm of Nor-cross & Edmunds. While the appeal raises several questions of a collateral nature, on which we express no opinion, the decisive question involved is one of law, and within narrow limits.
In 1905 the then director of public works advertised for bids for the furnishing of filtering materials and collectors for the Torresdale filters, and on September 6 of that year bids were received…
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