Curtis v. Cass County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Gass Circuit Court. Action by an attorney at law’to recover for services rendered in prosecuting a prisoner indicted for murder. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Both parties appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
l. attorney : services: contract. . I. The plaintiff was appointed by the District Court of Cass county, at the August Term, 1876, to assist the district attorney in the prosecution of one Charles . , x Brown, indicted m that court for murder. The services for which suit was brought were rendered under flu's appointment, and consisted of assistance rendered the district attorney upon two trials, the jury having disagreed upon the first, and in the preparation of the case for each trial. The district judge executed, after the first trial, a certificate of the appointment of plaintiff, and that…
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