DECKERT AND McDOWELL, Claimants, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimants were awarded a contract for road construction by the Department of Public Works and Buildings, performed work in good faith, but payments were halted because the enabling act was held invalid. The court awarded $3,768.81 as stipulated by the Department and Attorney General.
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Headnotes
- CONTRACTS-work performed under contract cancelled before completion, because of invalidity of law under which awarded-stipulation-when award may be made thereon. An award is made herein on authority of Bishop Construction Co. vs. State, No. 1845, supra.
On September 3, 1931, the Department of Public Works and Buildings awarded a contract to claimants for the construction of Section 430-VB on State Bond Issue Route No. 4.
Claimants executed the contract and bond required by the [*28] Department and immediately thereafter commenced performance on the contract. On October 21, 1931, the Department notified claimants that payments for work done under the contract could not be made from the general appropriations for such work because the Act under which the contract was awarded had been held invalid by the Supreme Court. The contract was made and the work thereunder performed in good faith, both the Department and claimants believing it to be valid.
The Department and the Attorney General have stipulated that claimants are entitled to the sum of $3,768.81 for the work done by them and claimants are therefore awarded that sum in compliance with said stipulation.