Bates v. County of Santa Barbara

— On October 2, 1888, the defendants Booty and Holmes entered into an agreement with the defendant the county of Santa Barbara, to erect for the latter, on a public block in the city of Santa Barbara, a brick building, to be used by the county as a hall of records, for the sum of $19,850. The contract was reduced to writing, but was never signed by any officer of the county. Thereafter, defendant the Star Brick and Supply Company, began the construction of the building under a contract with Booty and Holmes, and prosecuted the same until August, 1889, when Booty and Holmes assumed control of…