Case Name: BEARD ET AL. vs. DE GOIT (Clerk, Burdell Township)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1885-10-27
Citations: 1 McGrath 1439
Docket Number: 
Parties: BEARD ET AL. vs. DE GOIT (Clerk, Burdell Township),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1439–1439

Head Matter:
BEARD ET AL. vs. DE GOIT (Clerk, Burdell Township),
58 M., 245.

Opinion:
To compel the clerk to countersign an order in favor of relators, for the construction of a bridge.
Denied October 27, 1885.
The lowest bidder declined to give the required security and the next higher bidder consenting, a contract was entered into by the commissioner with relators, who had not submitted a bid.
Held, that the commissioner had no authority to let jobs for which the statute requires sealed proposals, to persons who did not make such proposals and at a time subsequent to the opening of the bids.