Rodgers v. County of Taylor

H. Don Rodgers filed suit against Taylor County, Texas, for services rendered in reporting and transcribing testimony taken before a grand jury in Taylor County. He alleged that the County, through its County Judge and one of the Commissioners, at the request of the District Attorney and the foreman of the grand jury, employed him to render such services; that Taylor County, through its Commissioners’ Court passed an order instructing its County Attorney not to file a contest to Rodgers’ claim because they considered Rodgers’ account an honest debt contracted for in good faith and that it…