Ohio Light & P. Co. v. State ex rel. Prosecuting Attorney

Citations

• 26 Ohio C.C. Dec. 501

Syllabus

<p>CONTRACTS — COUNTIES.</p> <p>Without Authority to Contract for Lighting County Buildings Without First Advertising for B'ds.</p> <p>A contract entered into between county commissioners and a public lighting company for the lighting of county buildings for a definite period is invalid and will be canceled where made without first advertising for bids, notwithstanding no company other than the one with which the contract was made was engaged in furnishing light for public or private consumers in that locality or had the right to use the streets for that purpose, and the contract entered into without advertising was entered into in good faith, and the prices therein specified for lighting are reasonable, and the expense of ad-' vertising for bids has been saved.</p>