Whitton v. Sullivan

— Action brought by respondent as a .■stenographer and notary to recover for services rendered .appellant in taking testimony, etc., in a contested election case. A special contract, at the rate of thirty cents a ■folio for the original, and five cents a folio for copies, is relied upon as the basis of the action. Appellant admits that such was the contract, but insists that it was conditional upon his final success in securing a seat in Congress, and that if such event did not occur, then the contract price was an amount much less than is now claimed by respondent. Appellant was unsuccessful…