Williams v. City of Vallejo

This action was brought by plaintiff to recover judgment for the sum of $3,496.44, with interest at seven per cent from February 29, 1912, and for costs of action against the defendant city of Vallejo, and the defendants Pryor, Blake and Chappelle, as individuals, by reason of their having been at the time the alleged indebtedness occurred, members of the board of public works of the city of Vallejo. It is alleged in the complaint that on-the nineteenth day of June, 1911, the city of Vallejo “duly and regularly authorized the board of public works of the city of Vallejo to accept the bid of the American Construction Company, a corporation, for the construction of a reservoir for the said city of Vallejo and to award a contract for the performance of said work to said American Construction Company. That thereupon and in pursuance of said authorization said board of public works of the city of Vallejo, and C. Pryor, W. P. Blake and J. F. Chappelle, commissioners thereof, did accept said bid of said American Construction Company for the performance of said works, and did enter into a contract with said American Construction Company for the performance of said work, for the amount of…