Mulligan v. Smith

Appellee, as plaintiff, brought an action against appellant, as defendant, on two contracts executed by the latter, whereby he promised to pay the party named in such contracts specified sums for services rendered or to he rendered by himself and counsel employed in defending his rights to, and securing patent on, certain lands. The issues formulated by the pleadings were tried to a jury with the result that a verdict was returned for plaintiff in the full *407amount mentioned in such contracts, with interest. The defendant appeals.

The contracts, as set out in the complaint, recited that the…