Opinion

W.O. Ligon Company v. Town of Chelsea

  • 346 P.2d 178
  • 1959 OK 131
  • 1959 Okla. LEXIS 485
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Jun 23, 1959
Status
Published
Author
Welch
On the bench
Davison, Williams, Halley, Blackbird, Irwin, Berry, Welch, Johnson, Jackson
Cited by
1 cases

The opinion

WELCH, Justice

(dissenting).

It seems to me that the majority opinion introduces a new concept into the legal philosophy and rules heretofore followed in reference to the requirements to constitute a valid and binding contract made by the governing board of a city or town or school district or county.

I believe it is sound to follow the rule that such a governing board must take some formal action as a board in the making of a contract with a second party in order to create a contractual money liability against public funds of the citizens who are represented by such board. I would affirm the trial court in view of our former decisions.

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