Mortland v. Poweshiek County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshielc District Court. — IIon. H. E. Wilcookson and Hon. John E. Talbott, Judges. Action at law to recover _ damages from the county for failure of its officials to award a bridge contract to plain-jiff; he being, as is alleged, the lowest bidder for the work. The trial court sustained a .demurrer to the petition, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
According to the allegations of the petition,' the board of supervisors of the defendant county, although not required by law so to- do, undertook to let a contract for doing all the concrete bridge and culvert work for the county to the lowest bidder, and it is averred that plaintiff made the lowest bid therefor in response to advertisements made by the county officials, and that, notwithstanding his was the lowest bid, the board “wilfully, wrongfully, unlawfully, and in contravention of their said advertisement, invitation, promise and agreement made, in all as aforesaid, refused to let the…
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