City of Goldsboro v. Moffett
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina
At Law. Action by the city of Goldsboro against John F. Moffett, Henry O. Hodgkins, and John V. Clarke as principals, and Daniel G. Griffin as surety, upon a bond to secure the performance of a contract to build water-works. Jury waived and trial to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Seymour, District Judge.
The city of Goldsboro, by its board of aider-men, in the spring of 1887, enacted a city ordinance authorizing the firm of Moffett, Hodgkins & Clarke to construct, maintain, and operate waterworks in Goldsboro, upon terms fully set forth in the ordinance. The ordinance was accepted by the firm of Moffett, Hodgkins & Clarke, which consists of the defendants John F. Moffett, Henry C. Hodgkins, and John V. Clarke, and an instrument embodying a memorandum of its acceptance was on the 5th of April, 1887, annexed to a copy of the ordinance, and signed in behalf of the city by…
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