Sawyer v. Pittsburg

Citations

• 217 Pa. 17
• 66 A. 86
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 645

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Municipal contracts — Bidding—Fraud.</p> <p>A court of equity will not enjoin the carrying out of a municipal contract merely because the highest of the three bidders was a subsidiary company of the successful bidder, where there is no fraud shown, and the only evidence of the fact alleged was the testimony of one witness based upon hearsay.</p> <p>The mere fact that a company is called “subsidiary” to another company, and that it is controlled by the same interest, does not in itself show fraud, where both companies are bidders for a municipal contract.</p> <p>Fraud is never presumed, and suspicion is not proof, nor is opportunity guilt.</p>