Carroll v. City of Philadelphia

Citations

• 183 Pa. 55
• 38 A. 1102
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 713

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Preliminary injunction — Municipal contracts.</p> <p>On a bill in equity to restrain the officers of a city from awarding a contract for “lake asphalt,” where it is alleged iu the bill that the word “ lake” was surreptitiously and fraudulently inserted in the ordinance authorizing the contract, and it is also alleged that there is no such thing as “ lake asphalt ” known to commerce, but the court finds the facts contrary to the allegations of the bill, a preliminary injunction should not be granted because the specifications required that the lake asphalt should be that obtained from two designated sources, “ or other lake asphalt which in quality and durability shall be equal to the standard” of the asphalt from the places designated.</p>