Shields v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 79 Wash. 308
• 140 P. 353
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1192

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Contracts—Call for Bids — Construction. A call for bids for furnishing and delivering to a city two combination service automobile hook and ladder and chemical trucks and one seventy-five foot aerial truck, standing alone, warrants the construction that it requires bid's on all three pieces, so that bids on only two pieces could be rejected.</p> <p>Same — Contracts—Injunction—Burden of Proof. In an action to enjoin a city from purchasing fire trucks, on the ground that the seller has not complied with the specifications, the plaintiff did not sustain the burden of proof where there was nothing but argumentative statements and conclusions as to the contents of the specifications.</p>