Municipal Improvement Co. v. Thompson

This action was commenced in the superior court in and for the county of San Mateo to compel the chairman of the board of supervisors of said county to sign a contract awarded by said board to the plaintiff for the performance of certain street work in a proceeding had and taken under the Road District Improvement Act of 1907 (Stats. 1907, p. 806), as amended. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the defendants have appealed. In their answer the defendants allege and now urge that the said proceedings are invalid for reasons which will be considered.

The resolution of intention was…