Sweet
Sweet v. Vista Irrigation District
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Jennings, J.
This appeal has been taken from the judgment of the trial court dismissing the action and awarding costs to the defendant and from the court’s order sustaining defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s amended complaint without leave to amend. Since the order sustaining the demurrer furnished the basis for the judgment of dismissal, plaintiff makes this order the special object of attack on his appeal.
The amended complaint contains the following allegations: That in the month of July, 1931, defendant published a notice inviting bids for trenching and for hauling and welding steel pipe; that pursuant to said call for bids plaintiff submitted his proposal for doing the work and that Avhen the bids were opened it was discovered that plaintiff’s proposal was the lowest bid submitted and it was accordingly accepted by defendant; that an outline of work and specifications therefor were presented to plaintiff by defendant ; that on August 8, 1931, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract for the performance of the aforesaid work; that the outline of the work provided that plaintiff should do all the work required by the contract within one year and that each portion of the…