Clarke v. Lyon County
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The plaintiffs, Robert M. Clarke and Thomas Wells, composed the law firm of Clarke & Wells. The verdict and judgment in their favor was for $4,500. The material facts are fully set forth in the opinion. I. The refusal to give the instruction asked by defendant was error.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Ormsby County. The plaintiffs, Robert M. Clarke and Thomas Wells, composed the law firm of Clarke & Wells. The verdict and judgment in their favor was for $4,500. The material facts are fully set forth in the opinion. I. The refusal to give the instruction asked by defendant was error. The testimony showed that no contract was made by the defendant with plaintiffs for the performance of the services mentioned in the complaint; and the evidence did not show any ratification by the commissioners of the pretended employment of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Lewis, C. J.:
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover the sum of five thousand dollars for legal services claimed to have been rendered for the defendant under these circumstances : A suit being instituted in this court against the county to enforce the issuance of its bonds to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company, to the extent o[ twenty-five thousand dollars, the district attorney of the county engaged the plaintiffs to assist him in the defense, which they accordingly did. Subsequently, a claim was presented to the county commissioners for the sum of five…
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