Interstate Vitrified Brick & Paving Co. v. Philadelphia, Mack Paving Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 200 and 201, July T., 1894, by defendants from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1894, Nos. 496 and 497, awarding injunction. Bill to restrain awarding of contract. From the proofs it appeared that the Department of Public-Works of the City of Philadelphia was authorized by ordinance to pave and repave certain streets with vitrified clay bricks, and the Director of Public Works accordingly advertised for bids for said paving and repaving.
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Appeals, No. 200 and 201, July T., 1894, by defendants from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1894, Nos. 496 and 497, awarding injunction. Bill to restrain awarding of contract. From the proofs it appeared that the Department of Public-Works of the City of Philadelphia was authorized by ordinance to pave and repave certain streets with vitrified clay bricks, and the Director of Public Works accordingly advertised for bids for said paving and repaving. A schedule was prepared for the proposed bidders, showing the streets to be paved and repaved, and containing the specifications as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The learned judge of the common pleas, upon the hearing of the application for a preliminary injunction, distinctly found that the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia “ had acted for what he considered the best interests of the city ” in awarding the contract for paving to the Mack Paving Company. A careful examination of the testimony has satisfied us that this finding was correct. There was no allegation, in the bill, nor any attempt in the testimony, to show that this officer acted in bad faith ; and throughout the whole…
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