Fisher v. City of Mechanicville

This action is brought to recover the sum of $562.50, alleged to be due on a contract of general retainer. The plaintiff is an attorney, and lives in the city of Mechanicville, N. Y. The defendant is a municipal corporation, and is situate in Saratoga county. Previous to the 29th day of June, 1915, the present city of Mechanicville was a duly incorporated village, under the corporate name of the village of Mechanicville.

The plaintiff herein claims that on the 16th day of March, 1915, the board of trustees, the governing body, of the village of Mechanic-ville, retained the plaintiff to perform…