Board of County Commissioners v. Simmons

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoch, J.:

This was an action by a board of county commissioners to recover from the defendants money retained as attorney’s fees from collections made under a judgment for delinquent taxes. The trial court sustained defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and the board appeals. The primary questions are whether a contract made with one of the attorneys by a prior board was valid; whether, if valid during the term of the board making the contract, it was binding upon subsequent boards; and whether the plaintiff board by its acts had adopted or…