Matthews v. Town of Livermore

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered against him by the court below upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

The object of the plaintiff’s action is to enjoin the town of Livermore, and the other defendants as its trustees, from proceeding to construct a system of sewers for said town, by the direct employment of labor and purchase of material, instead of having it done by contract let to the lowest bidder, as the plaintiff claims they should in order to comply with the law and act within their powers. It appears that the cost of the sewer system would exceed one hundred dollars.…