Merrifield v. Commercial Waterway District No. 1

Citations

• 80 Wash. 279
• 141 P. 685
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1299

Syllabus

<p>Canals — Waterway Districts — Establishment—Contracts — Power of Commissioners. Under 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 8166a and 8177a, authorizing the commissioners of a waterway district to employ engineers to assist them in compiling data required to be presented to the court in the petition for the formation of the district, and such legal and other assistance as may be necessary, the commissioners have no power to enter into a contract to employ an engineer as an expert adviser for the purpose of preparing the assessment roll, at $300 per month, the employment to continue until the roll had been finally settled by the supreme court; since after the work was completed and before termination of the employment, a considerable period of time must elapse during which no service could be rendered.</p>