Ede v. Cogswell

Citations

• 79 Cal. 278
• 21 P. 767
• 1889 Cal. LEXIS 719

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law—Obligation of Contract—Contract for .Street Improvement — Extension of Time.—A valid contract for a street improvement made before January, 1880, was not impaired or affected-by the constitution of 1879; and the granting of an extension of time-for the performance of such contract does not constitute a new contract for a street improvement, within the constitutional prohibition contained in section 19 of article 11 of that constitution.</p> <p>San Francisco Street Law—Authority of Street Superintendent and Supervisors. — The San Francisco street act of 1878 was merely supplementary to the act of 1872, which was left intact as regards the authority of the street superintendant to make a contract for the grading of one block, and the jurisdiction of the hoard of supervisors to have the work performed. Nor is such a contract void because authorizing only part of the improvement authorized by the act of 1878 of eight blocks in one contract. That act does not require that such work should he let as an entirety, but gives the board of supervisors discretionary power to-order what part thereof should he graded in one or more contracts.</p>