Clark v. Conley School District

Plaintiff sued for servees rendered, praying for judgment in the sum of $13,552. The cause was tried before the court without a jury .and resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $3,000. From this judgment the plaintiff has appealed on a typewritten record.

The complaint pleaded three distinct causes of action: The first was based upon a written contract with the members of the board of trustees of the defendant district wherein the plaintiff was employed as the architect of the district for the preparation of plans and specifications for new buildings and.additions and alterations to present buildings, and also to supervise the construction, completion, and alteration of said buildings as required by the board. The second cause of action pleaded the same facts and added allegations covering the conduct of the defendant district for the purpose of invoking an estoppel upon the defendant from asserting any invalidity in the contract. The third cause of action was in the ordinary form of quamtum meruit. Following the trial, upon which the validity of the contract was vigorously attacked upon the ground that it had not been authorized or approved by the board of…