Case Name: Abner M. Harper, Inc., Respondent, v. The City of Newburgh et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-02-05
Citations: 222 N.Y. 670
Docket Number: 
Parties: Abner M. Harper, Inc., Respondent, v. The City of Newburgh et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 670–671

Head Matter:
Abner M. Harper, Inc., Respondent, v. The City of Newburgh et al., Appellants.
Harper v. City of Newburgh, 166 App. Div. 903, affirmed.
(Argued January 17, 1918;
decided February 5, 1918.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 1, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term in an action to have canceled, rescinded and annulled plaintiff’s competitive bid upon a public street improvement in the city of Newburgh and to recover a certified check deposited as liquidated damages to insure execution of the contract. The question of law presented for determination was whether a court of equity had power to and should reheve a contractor from the effect of a conceded clerical error in arranging the figures in a bid submitted for the performance of work upon a public improvement, by rescinding the erroneous bid and preventing a forfeiture of the check submitted with the erroneous bid as a guaranty of performance.
John B. Corwin, Corporation Counsel, for appellants.
Henry Hirschberg for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ.