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BALTIMORE COUNTY v. JOHN K. RUFF, INC.

[No. 164, September Term, 1976.]

281 Md. 62 (1977)

375 A.2d 237

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL. v. JOHN K. RUFF, INC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Petition for reconsideration filed August 18, 1977.

Denied September 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip V. Tamburello, Assistant County Solicitor, and Harry S. Shapiro, Chief Assistant County Solicitor, with whom was J. Carroll Holzer, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellants.

Richard W. Emory, with whom were Benson Everett Legg and Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County the chancellor (DeWaters, J.) ordered the rescission of a bid of the plaintiff contractor to construct a building for the defendants. The basis for the order was that the contractor had made a "simple mathematical mistake in calculating the bid," and that, therefore, under the principles set forth in Baltimore v. DeLuca-Davis Co., 210 Md. 518...

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