Wyant v. Independent Asphalt Paving Co.

Citations

• 118 Wash. 345
• 203 P. 961
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 670

Syllabus

<p>Counties (43) — Contracts—Proposals ob Bids — Notice—Sufficiency. Under Rem. Code, § 5755, requiring that notice of a call for bids for highway improvement “shall be published for at least two consecutive weeks previous to the date of letting” the contract, means that there shall be two full weeks’ notice between first publication and time of letting the contract.</p> <p>Judsments (171) — Operation and Effect — Recitals as to Services. The recital of the record of the board of county commissioners upon the letting of a public contract that “due notice of same has been given,” is prima facie, but not conclusive, evidence of sufficiency of statutory publication, and is rebuttable by evidence.</p> <p>Counties (43) — Contracts—Proposals fob Beds — Notice. Rem. Code, § 5755, providing that notice of the letting of a highway improvement contract shall be published for at least two consecutive weeks previous to the date of letting, cannot be construed as directory with respect to such two weeks’ publication, because of the fact the statute further adds, “and in such other manner as the board may see fit to direct.”</p>