Rice v. Bd. of Trs. of Haywards
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda Couuty and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
By this action the plaintiffs sought to have canceled and annulled a certain contract entered into between said defendant board and the defendant McMullin for the construction of a sewer system for the town of Haywards, and an injunction to restrain the execution and carrying out of the provisions of said contract.
Judgment went for defendants denying the relief sought, from which, and an order refusing a new trial, the plaintiffs appeal.
1. The objection that the action of the defendant board in letting the contract is void as being in contravention of section 865 of “An act to provide for the…
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