Alden v. Campbell

Citations

• 30 Wash. 392
• 70 P. 1094
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 701

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — SALARIES OP OPPICERS— CHARTER PROVISIONS -EVASION BT CONTRACT.</p> <p>Under § 216 of the city charter of Tacoma, which provides that the city council shall fix by ordinance the salary of all other officers and employees than those fixed by charter, but “that said salaries shall never exceed the following” (designating certain officers and salaries and adding): “any other officer or agent, $1,200 per annum,” a contract between the city of Tacoma and the plaintiff, whereby the latter should overhaul, repair and revise the city’s electric lighting system for a period of eight months in consideration of the sum of $1,200, payable in monthly installments not exceeding $150 per month, was virtually a contract of employment by the month, and hence void as being a violation of such charter provision.</p>