14-440. Contracts; estimates. Before the city council shall make any contract for building bridges or sidewalks or for any work on streets, or for any other work or improvement, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made by the city engineer and submitted to the council; and no contract shall be entered into for any work or improvement for a price exceeding such estimate.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 68; March 13; R.S. 1923, § 14-440.
Source or prior law:
G.S. 1868, ch. 19, § 31.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Estimate may be made before ordinance requiring improvement is passed. Gilmore v. Norton, 10 Kan. 492, 507.
2. Ordinance changing grade after estimate made and contract let; invalid. City of Argentine v. Daggett, 53 Kan. 491, 493, 37 P. 14.
3. Estimate held sufficient; burden rests on complainants. City of Argentine v. Simmons, 54 Kan. 699, 701, 39 P. 181.
4. Estimate by de facto engineer upheld. City of Abilene v. Lambing, 78 Kan. 484, 486, 96 P. 838.
5. No previous estimate required for contract for pumping city water. Arnhold v. Klug, 97 Kan. 576, 577, 578, 155 P. 805.
6. Section cited in determining authority to raise engineer's estimate to correct error. Guilick v. City of Cherryvale, 122 Kan. 210, 251 P. 399. Rehearing denied: 122 Kan. 849, 252 P. 905.
7. After work accepted city cannot question engineer's estimate. DuBois v. City of Galena, 128 Kan. 253, 255, 276 P. 802.
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