stating “there is no reason why the rule should be relaxed in relation to public officers”
How later courts described this case
- stating “there is no reason why the rule should be relaxed in relation to public officers”
- statutes required contract to be in writing and required advertising unless an emergency was expressly found
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Losing-, J.,
concurring:
I concur in tbe opinion that the defendants are entitled to judgment.
I think tbe case is governed by tbe statute July 4, 1864, and that tbe contract, not being in compliance with that act, is void.