McBean v. City of Fresno
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County and from an order denying a new trial. J. R Webb, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The city of Fresno duly and regularly, so far as form and procedure are concerned, entered into a contract with plaintiff by which plaintiff agreed to take care and dispose of the sewage of the city for the period of five years for the sum of four thousand nine hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly. Plaintiff was required to give, and did give, a bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to which extent he agreed to reimburse the corporation for any liability or loss it *162might incur or suffer by reason of a faulty performance of his contract. No natural means were available to Fresno for…
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