Berlinghof v. Lincoln County

Raper, District Judge.

George A. Berlinghof, plaintiff, brought this action against Lincoln county, and bases his right to recovery on a written contract entered into by him and Lincoln county for services as an architect in the construction of a new courthouse for Lincoln county.

In his petition, filed December 15, 1932, he alleges that on July 22, 1919, Lincoln county voted a five-mill levy to build a new courthouse for Lincoln county, to cost from $225,000 to $250,000, and after that date plaintiff prepared preliminary sketches and elevations for the board’s consideration, and that on April…