Moore v. Baker

All contracts entered into by the ordinary with other persons in behalf of the county shall be in writing and entered upon his minutes. Code, § 23-1701. If the fiscal affairs of the county are in charge of a board of commissioners the law applicable to .ordinaries with respect to the management of county affairs governs. Wood v. Puritan Chemical Co., 178 Ga. 229 (2) (172 S. E. 557); Williams v. Sumter County, 151 Ga. 402 (107 S. E. 158). Unless there has been a full compliance with the statutory provisions relative to contracts with a county, which fact must appear from the plaintiffs’…