Turney v. Dougherty
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District, San Francisco. Action to have a street contract decreed to be void. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs, and defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
The resolution of intention for the grading of Bay Street from Jones to Dupont was adopted by the Board of Supervisors March 25th, 1867, and the resolution ordering the work done was adopted April 8th, 1867. In 1868, a contract was let at forty cents per cubic foot, and the contractor having been released, a second contract was let in January, 1869, at fifty-five cents per cubic foot; and that contractor having been released, the third contract was awarded to the defendant in April, 1869, at the *620rate of ninety-nine and seven-eighths cents per cubic foot, and on the 8th day of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Taylor v. PalmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
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