Jones v. Graham

Atkinson. Presiding Justice.

1. The contract in question is in effect a subletting of the contract between the State Highway Department and Wilcox County.

2. A valid contract to improve and construct a section of a State-aid road established by the highway department may be sublet by the county to a competent contractor, without advertising and letting to the lowest bidder, under the Code, § 23-1702. Waters v. Hall County, 174 Ga. 596 (2) (163 S. E. 609).

3. In City of Abbeville v. Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., 177 Ga. 204 (2) (170 S. E. 23), it was held: “A municipal corporation can make…