Ohio Supreme Court, 1923

Perkins v. Bright

Perkins v. Bright
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 4, 1923 · Allen, Day, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson, Wanamaker
1 Ohio Law. Abs. 862

Perkins v. Bright

Opinion of the Court

DAY, J.

A bid for the erection of a sehoolhouse costi: more than $500, which separately states the labor and material and the total thereof at the same amount, is in violation of paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Section 7623, General Code, and is void. An injune tion will lie at the instance of a taxpayer, restraining the board of education from accepting such bid and entering into a contract thereon.

Judgment affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.

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