Responsible
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
In a statute requiring awards of municipal contracts to be made " to the lowest responsible bidder," means more than mere pecuniary ability, and imports that the municipal officers have deliberative and discretionary powers in the selection of a contractor.
Common, wealth V. Mitchell, 82 Pa. St. 343; Fmdley V. Pittsburgh, Id. 351.
A promise " to be responsible " for the contract of another is merely a guaranty, and not a suretyship.
Bickel v. Auner, 9 PMa. 499. / / /^ >f ^