Chase v. Collins

Defendant in error filed in the county court of Prowers county a claim for a balance on a contract between him and the decedent. The claim was allowed, whereupon the administrator took an appeal to the district court, in which the case was heard on an agreed statement of facts, and judgment entered for the claimant. The case is now here for review.

The only matter in dispute is as to the amount due under the contract whereby the claimant was engaged to defend the intestate Newman on a criminal charge. The contract provided that Collins should receive a fee of $500, out of which he was to pay…