Henry v. Bassett

Plaintiff and defendant were jointly employed as attorneys at law by Mt. Pleasant township, in Bates county, to defend Bates'county against certain suits instituted in the circuit court of the United States on bonds issued by said township to the Lexington, Lake & Gulf Railroad Company, and, by the agreement, were to receive as their compensation, $7,000, provided said suit should be successfully defended, and the bonds declared void by the Supreme Court of the United States. In one of the cases, Harshman v. Bates County, the said court did so decide, and thereupon Bassett applied to the…