Graff v. City of Tacoma

Citations

• 61 Wash. 186
• 112 P. 250
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1313

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Dismissal — Cessation oe Controversy. Upon appeal from the dismissal of an action to enjoin a city from letting a contract for a city bridge, there is no cessation of the controversy warranting a dismissal of the appeal from tbe fact that the city has since let tbe contract to enjoin wbicb tbe action was commenced.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations — Contracts—Bridges—Commissioner oe Public Works — Powers—Awards—Bids. Under Tacoma city charter, §§ 129, 130, making tbe commissioner of public works subject to tbe direction and control of tbe city council, giving him power to supervise tbe construction and repair of bridges, but not to contract therefor, and providing that whenever tbe city council shall so provide by resolution or ordinance, before any contract shall be awarded it shall be submitted to them for approval, an award by tbe commissioner of a bridge contract upon competitive bids is without force, where the city council by ordinance thereafter, without taking any notice of the commissioner’s action, awarded the contract to another bidder; and where § 163 of the charter providing for the awarding of contracts by the commissioner refers only to street work on local assessments and does not apply to bridges built at the expense of the general fund.</p>