Court Opinion

ID: 9549567
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:21:09.38752+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:20:30.776086
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DORAN, J.—I concur.
The issue herein revolves around the meaning and application of the phrase “interested in any contract” as provided in section 1011 of the Education Code. That section reads, “No member of the governing board of any school district shall be interested in any contract made *328by the board of which he is a member.” (Italics added.) The word interest has numerous meanings and applications but the obvious purpose contemplated by the section refers to an actual, specific and official interest as distinguished from a perfunctory or casual interest. Thus interpreted the provision is applicable, for the record reveals that those transporting the pupils must have liability insurance in companies approved by the board. It also appears from the record that in such insurance policies the school district is named as one of the beneficiaries, as well as the transportation company. This being so the appellant was “interested in a contract made by the board,” within the meaning and application of section 1011, as above quoted.
Appellant’s petition for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied August 14, 1952.