Yates v. Taylor County Court

English. Judge:

Thomas G. Yates was assigned as counsel bv the circuit court of Taylor County to defend one Frank Powell, who was charged with felony; and on the 25th of April 1899, an order was entered bv said court by which he was allowed an attorney’s fee of twenty-five dollars, and the same was ordered to be- certified to the county court for payment. On the 17th of May, 1899, said Yates brought an action before a justice of said county against the county court to recover said claim, in which he alleged he would demand judgment for twenty-five dollars, with interest and costs. The…