People ex rel. Alexander v. Swift

Citations

• 31 Cal. 26

Syllabus

<p>Ratification of Contract by Municipal Corporation.—In all matters in which a municipal corporation -has power to contract, a subsequent ratification of a contract entered into on its behalf without authority, and which does not bind it, binds the corporation as effectually as though it had contracted in the first instance.</p> <p>Out of what Revenues a Claim against Sacramento is to be Paid. — A demand against the City of Sacramento for work performed without any contract with the city, does not become a claim to be paid out of the revenues of the year in which it originated, until it has been assumed by an ordinance, and it is to be paid out of the revenues of the year in which it was assumed and not of the year in which the work was performed.</p>