Gilbert C. White Co. v. City of Hickory

The defendant seeks to uphold the judgment of nonsuit upon two grounds: (1) The charter of the defendant provides that “no contract shall be binding upon the city unless it has been signed by the city manager and by a member of the city council, who shall have been duly authorized to sign the said contract by an ordinance adopted at a regular meeting of the city council,” etc. (2) The restriction upon the exercise of municipal powers contained in 3 C. S., 2960, subsection (d), is as follows, to wit: “Enter- into any contract involving the expenditure of money unless a sufficient appropriation…