City of Memphis v. Adams, Dixon & Pike

Adams, Dixon & Pike, a firm of Attorneys at Law,., brought this suit, in the first Circuit Court of Shelby county, to recover of the City of Memphis jive thousand’ *519dollars ($5,000), for professional services, rendered in attending to the interests of the City in certain matters of litigation in Arkansas, touching the stock owned by the City in the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company. The City of Memphis pleaded nil debit; and that plaintiffs were not employed; and .that they never performed any services for defendant. Issues-were made upon these pleas, and the cause submitted to a' jury,…