Liggett v. Board of County Commissioners

The affairs of Kiowa county were directed in the year 1891 by three county commissioners, named Sherman, Rusk and Beal. While these commissioners were in office, Liggett, the plaintiff in error, made a proposition to the board to act as the purchasing agent and printer for the county for two *270years, at the net price of $750 per annum. The commissioners accepted the proposition, not as made, but for the term of one year; the contract to go into effect and be binding on the execution by Liggett of a bond in a sum named to guarantee its performance. Liggett apparently acceded to the modification…