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|facts=Mattefs Construction Company ("Mattefs") submitted a bid of $141,048 to [https://www.boisestate.edu/ Boise Junior College District] ("Boise") for a Boise construction project. | |facts=Mattefs Construction Company ("Mattefs") submitted a bid of $141,048 to [https://www.boisestate.edu/ Boise Junior College District] ("Boise") for a Boise construction project. | ||
However, in calculating its bid, Mattefs had mitakenly omitted the cost of glass & windows. | However, in calculating its bid, Mattefs had mitakenly omitted the cost of glass & windows. The lowest bid Mattefs had received from its glass & windows sub-contractors was $19,741. | ||
The bids were opened on October 5th 1965. | |||
|procedural_history=Boise entered into a construction contract with the next-highest bid & simultaneously sued Mattefs on the '''bid bond''' with Matteffs over the $7,000 bid difference. | |||
The trial court ruled that Mattes was entitled to [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/rescission rescission] because it has under-estimated its bid by accident. Boise lost. | |||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/boise-junior-college-district-v-mattefs-construction-co | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/boise-junior-college-district-v-mattefs-construction-co |
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Boise Junior College v. Mattefs Construction | |
Court | Idaho Supreme Court |
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Citation | 450 P.2d 604 |
Date decided | February 7, 1969 |
Facts
Mattefs Construction Company ("Mattefs") submitted a bid of $141,048 to Boise Junior College District ("Boise") for a Boise construction project.
However, in calculating its bid, Mattefs had mitakenly omitted the cost of glass & windows. The lowest bid Mattefs had received from its glass & windows sub-contractors was $19,741.
Procedural History
Boise entered into a construction contract with the next-highest bid & simultaneously sued Mattefs on the bid bond with Matteffs over the $7,000 bid difference.
The trial court ruled that Mattes was entitled to rescission because it has under-estimated its bid by accident. Boise lost.