Lake Cyrus Development Company, Inc. v. Attorney General of the State of Alabama ex rel. Bessemer Water Service

Summary

The court reversed the denial of LCDC's postjudgment motion and remanded. It held that the record contained no clear and convincing evidence that LCDC's president knew before execution that the water agreement violated the competitive-bidding law, and that the trial court incorrectly determined which waterlines had been tendered to BWS. Justice Murdock, concurring specially, questioned the earlier characterization of the waterline arrangement as a public work but agreed that LCDC lacked the required knowledge.