Gillett v. Comm'rs of Lyon County
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon District Court. Action by Gillett. Trial, and judgment for costs in favor of the Board of County Commissioners, at September Term 1875 of the district court. Gillett brings the case here. The facts, pleadings and proceedings are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
*411statement of ttie case. *410This was an action to recover attorney-fees. The facts of the case, as shown by the evidence introduced, and by that offered to be introduced on the trial by *411the plaintiff, who is now the complaining party in this court, are substantially as follows: -In 1873, 1874 and 1875, the plaintiff was the county attorney of Lyon county. In 1873, the county board, being in regular session, directed the plaintiff, as an attorney-at-law, to attend to a suit then pending in Harvey county, in which suit the county of Lyon was a…
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