Neely v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J. :

T. W. Thompson sued S. F. Neely for a balance claimed to be due him for services performed as deputy United States marshal during the latter’s term of office as marshal. At the trial it developed that plaintiff had been paid fifty per cent, of the fees earned by him as such deputy, and' the defendant claimed that under their agreement this was all he was to receive, but the plaintiff claimed that- the agreement was that he was to have sixty-five per cent. The difference between these percentages made the amount in controversy, $240.65.…