Olsen v. Independent & Consolidated School District No. 50

Defendant appealed from a judgment.

Plaintiff is an architect. On June 29, 1926, he entered into a written agreement with defendant. He agreed to do architectural work in reference to the remodeling of a building formerly used as a schoolroom and then the superintendent’s home, for which defendant agreed to pay him ten per cent as the basic rate computed upon the cost of the Avork as his compensation. The agreement was illegal because the improvement had not been previously authorized by the voters. This action is to recover for services rendered under the contract.

Defendant claims that…