Dallas Ice Factory & Cold Storage Co. v. Crawford & Crawford

RAIEFY, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellees against appellant, a private corporation, to recover $1000, which plaintiffs alleged defendant agreed to pay them in cash as a retainer fee for advice and counsel in reference to certain litigation threatened by one Ball against defendant to recover $40,000, and to foreclose a lien on appellant’s property given to secure the payment of said sum.

Defendant answered by general denial, and specially, that if any such contract was made by any of its officers it was not within the scope of their authority as such, and not binding upon…