Rhodes v. Neal
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contracts. Actions. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1879. This cause was an action of assumpsit, begun in the city court of Atlanta, by the plaintiffs, as executors of Foster Blodgett, against John Neal, Jr., for the recovery of $750.00 for services rendered to the defendant by plaintiffs’ testator during the months of August, September and October, 1877, in securing the consent of the authorities of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway…
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Contracts. Actions. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1879. This cause was an action of assumpsit, begun in the city court of Atlanta, by the plaintiffs, as executors of Foster Blodgett, against John Neal, Jr., for the recovery of $750.00 for services rendered to the defendant by plaintiffs’ testator during the months of August, September and October, 1877, in securing the consent of the authorities of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company, to the dismissal of certain criminal prosecutions pending in the circuit court of Hamilton county, Tennessee,…
1Opinion of the Court
Craweord, Justice.
The plaintiffs in error- sued the defendant in error to recover $750.00 which they alleged was due to their testator for services rendered in using his influence with the authorities of the Nashville and Chattanooga Eailroad Company, to dismiss certain criminal prosecutions pending against Wesley Neal, who was under indictment for larceny and fraudulent breach of trust, and in imminent danger of conviction for said crimes. It was further alleged that the prosecutions were dismissed and that the said sum of $750.00 remained of $2,000.00 which had been deposited as security…
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