Case Name: Myles E. MILANDER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF WATER & SEWERS OF the CITY OF HIALEAH and Leo Caraballo, Octavio Santurio, and William Whitman, individually and jointly, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-10-02
Citations: 456 So. 2d 588
Docket Number: No. 84-300
Parties: Myles E. MILANDER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF WATER & SEWERS OF the CITY OF HIALEAH and Leo Caraballo, Octavio Santurio, and William Whitman, individually and jointly, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUB-BART and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 456
Pages: 588–589

Head Matter:
Myles E. MILANDER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF WATER & SEWERS OF the CITY OF HIALEAH and Leo Caraballo, Octavio Santurio, and William Whitman, individually and jointly, Appellees.
No. 84-300.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 2, 1984.
Holden & Holden and Frank Holden, Hialeah, for appellant.
Stephens, Lynn, Chernay, Klein & Zuck-erman and Robert M. Klein, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUB-BART and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The appellee city advertised for bids for the sale of a parcel of realty. The appellant Milander submitted the high bid, but the city rejected them all and did not sell the property to anyone. In entering judgment on the pleadings, the trial court correctly held that, since the bids constituted no more than offers to the city, none of which, although it had requested their submission, it was under a legal obligation to accept, Meekins-Bamman Prestress, Inc. v. Better Construction, Inc., 408 So.2d 1071 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); City of Homestead v. Raney Construction, Inc., 357 So.2d 749 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); see Schloesser v. Dill, 383 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), Milander had acquired no enforceable rights. Compare, e.g., Adolpus v. Baskin, 95 Fla. 603, 116 So. 225 (1928) (when contract subject to competitive bidding is awarded, most favorable bid may not ordinarily be disregarded); Marriott Corp. v. Metropolitan Dade County, 383 So.2d 662 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), and cases cited (same).
Affirmed.