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· 11/15/1909

Saxon v. City of New Orleans

Citations

  • 124 La. 717
  • 50 So. 663
  • 1909 La. LEXIS 535

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal Corporations (§ 993*) — Invalid Contract — Action by Taxpayer.</p> <p>A taxpayer has the right to come into court to enjoin the execution of a paving contract, which has been adjudicated without affording opportunity for competition, unless the property holders, by their petition, fix the price for a patented pavement, or a pavement containing a proprietary ingredient.</p> <p>2. Municipal Corporations (§ 330*) — Contracts — Competitive Bidding.</p> <p>There can be no cpmpetition 'in the bidding on a paving contract, where the specifications require that the material of which the pavement is to be made, in whole or in part, composed, shall be that manufactured by a named company, which is left at liberty to bid, and which does not bind itself to sell its products at a fixed price to any and all bidders.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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