Council v. City of Dothan

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

This is an action for the breach of an alleged express contract between the appellant and the City of Dothan for the payment of certain fees or commissions upon the conditions therein set out and which said contract is set out in the complaint in hsec verba.

Section 1899 of the Code of 1923 reads as follows: “Contracts entered into by a municipality shall be in writing, signed and executed in the name of the city or town, by the officers authorized to make the same, and by the party contracting. In cases not otherwise directed by law, or ordinance, such contracts shall…