Woodruff v. Rusk

The plaintiffs in error Raye brought this case to this court by a writ of error, seeking to review a judgment of the trial court allowing an attorney’s fee, in the case of Rusk v. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad Company, to George Woodruff the defendant in error, who claims to have been one of the attorneys for plaintiff in the above entitled case.

Rusk recovered a judgment of five thousand ($5,000) dollars for damages against the railroad company and the railroad company, in due time, filed its motion for a new trial. Thereafter and without notice and without knowledge or consent of…