Peckham v. City of Watsonville

The city of Watsonville entered into a contract with the firm of Williams, Belser & Co., by which the latter agreed to construct a sewer system for the city for the sum of $12,379. The plaintiff brought the present action on behalf of himself and other taxpayers of the city to have the contract declared null and void. In his complaint he alleges that the board of trustees of the city did not pass any resolution of intention to construct the sewers, describing the work, and did not pass any resolution or ordinance ordering their construction, and failed to comply with many other steps…