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BELLEFONTE B. AUTH. v. GATEWAY E. & S. CO.

442 Pa. 492 (1971)

Bellefonte Borough Authority v. Gateway Equipment & Supply Co., Inc. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Martin, with him Donald D. Rossetti, and Martin, Finnegan and Rossetti, for appellants.

John W. Blasko, with him McQuade, Blasko, Brown and Geiser, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, May 13, 1971:

This appeal presents two principal issues: (1) where a contractor, whose bid for work to be performed for a municipal authority is accepted and to whom the contract is awarded, refuses to enter into the contract on the ground that the amount of its bid was arrived at by an honest mistake which should have been obvious to the authority, are the contractor and its surety liable on the bond which accompanied the bid? (2) if...

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