Supreme Court of Minnesota January 31, 1889 (State Bank v. Heney)

Dickinson, J.1

The legislative act of incorporation of the city of Duluth (Sp. Laws, 1887, e. 2, sube. 5, § 5) requires that, upon the awarding of a contract by the city for (among other things) the grading of streets, the contractor “shall furnish to the city of Duluth a bond, with sufficient sureties, * * * conditioned that he shall execute the work for the price mentioned in his bid, and