Martin Bros. Inc. v. City of Concord

JONES, J. pro tem.

Respondent Martin Bros., Inc., a corporation, petitioned the court below for a writ of mandate to compel the city of Concord to make payment on a contract held by it for the construction of sanitary sewers in said city. Judgment was entered directing the issuance of the writ and it is from this judgment that the city has appealed.

It is contended by the appellant that the contract upon which the respondent bases its claim is void because an interest in the corporation doing the work for the city was acquired by one of the councilmen after the contract was let.

The record…