Giffin v. King County

Citations

• 50 Wash. 327
• 97 P. 230
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 727

Syllabus

<p>Counties- — Contracts—Bids—Authority of Commissioners as to Road Work. Bal. Code, § 3767, providing that county commissioners must open and work necessary county roads, and “in their discretion let out by contract to the lowest bidder, the construction or improvement . . . when the expenses . . . will exceed fifty dollars,” reposes a discretion with the commissioners to contract therefor with or without bids; and a contract exceeding fifty dollars is valid without being let to bids.</p>