Moore v. City of Kokomo

Appellant sued appellee to collect a balance alleged to be owing him under a written contract for engineering services performed in connection with the construction of a swimming pool, in the establishment of which the City of Kokomo and the Federal Works Progress Administration were co-operating. In May, 1936 the Common Council of the City of Kokomo duly appropriated $26,000 for the city’s part of the undertaking. The first commitment against this appropriation occurred when the contract sued on was entered into between the Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety and Russell B. Moore…