Hutchinson v. City of Spokane

Citations

• 72 Wash. 56
• 129 P. 892
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1403

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Public Improvements — Proceedings— Petition — Alteration—Evidence—Sufficiency. The evidence is insufficient to show that a petition for a street improvement had been changed after it was signed, where the testimony to that effect of some of the signers was’indistinct and uncertain, and was contradicted by the person who circulated the petition and inconsistent with the ordinances, specifications, contract and all the proceedings, and no objection was made until the contract was substantially completed.</p> <p>Same — Performance of Contract — Acceptance—Conclusiveness. Where a contract for public work has been substantially complied with, the decision to that effect by the board of public works and city engineer, vested with power to determine all questions relating to the performance of the contract, is final and conclusive, in the absence of fraud.</p>