Marshall Construction Co. v. Bigelow

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the members of the board of harbor commissioners of the Territory of Hawaii to compel them to award to the petitioner the contract for the construction of a wharf and approach thereto at Kaunakakai on the Island of Molokai. The allegations of the petition and of the alternative writ are that upon plans and specifications prepared by the board the petitioner and the Hawaiian Dredging Company, Limited, presented bids; that “by virtue of petitioner’s said tender petitioner became and was the lowest…