State ex rel. Bartelt v. Liebes

Citations

• 19 Wash. 589
• 54 P. 26
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 429

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — POWERS — CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS -TRUSTS.</p> <p>A contract between a city and a contractor for the construction of a public improvement, providing that the contractor should not be paid until all claims for labor performed and materials furnished had been adjusted, is valid, where a city is authorized to make contracts for such improvements, with no restriction on its power to surround its contracts with reasonable regulations, and constitutes the city a trustee for the benefit of such unpaid laborers and materialmen.</p>