Innes v Piako County Council - [1924] NZLR 374

County — Contract not made in proper Form — Offer by Letter followed by Verbal Acceptance and Part-performance — Resolution passed referring to Enforcement of Contract — No Evidence to show that Council was fully seised of all Circumstances — No Ratification — Engineer's Certificate a Condition precedent to Right of Action — Claim for Payment on an implied Contract to pay for each Delivery of Metal — Whether Plaintiff could both assert and deny the Contract — Counties Act, 1908, s 144(4) — Counties Act, 1920. 88. 146 (4), 220(c).