TURTLE LAKE v. ORVEDAHL CONST.

No. 86-0402.

135 Wis.2d 385 (1986)

400 N.W.2d 475

VILLAGE OF TURTLE LAKE and Associated Milk Producers, Inc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ORVEDAHL CONSTRUCTION, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant, Orvedahl Construction, Inc., there were joint briefs submitted by Jack D. Elmquist of Elmquiet and Sarff of Minneapolis, Minnesota and co-counsel, Joe Thrasher of Weisel, Thrasher, Doyle & Pelish Ltd., of Rice Lake, Wisconsin and orally argued by Jack D. Elmquist of Elmquist and Sarff.

For the respondent, Village of Turtle Lake, there was a joint brief and oral argument by Mary Ann Perga of Byrnes & Perga Law Officers of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.

For the respondent, Associated Milk Producers, Inc., there was a joint brief and oral argument by John A. St. Peter of St. Peter Law Officers, S.C. of Found du Lac, Wisconsin.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


CANE, P.J.

Orvedahl Construction, Inc., appeals a judgment permanently enjoining arbitration of a dispute concerning a bid on a public works contract. Orvedahl discovered an arithmetic error understating its bid price long after beginning construction and more than one year after the Village of Turtle Lake awarded it the contract. The trial court held that Wisconsin law bound Orvedahl to the accepted bid, regardless of...

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