State ex rel. Fairhaven Land Co. v. Cheetham

'The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

The plaintiffs each received orders from William B. Davey, drawn upon the board of trustees of the state normal school at New Whatcom, directing the payment of the amount specified in. each order out of the .sum due him upon his contract for the construction of the *132state normal school at New Whatcom. It appears from the contract between Davey and the board of trustees that eighty per cent, of the contract price should be paid to the contractor from time to time, as the work progressed, and upon approximate estimates of the architect of the…