Carr v. City of St. Louis

*191This was an action of assumpsit brought by Carr, against the city of St. Louis, for fees due him as Recorder of the said city. The fees accrued in suits brought by the city of St. Louis against sundry defendants, in which suits the city of St. Louis recovered judgments against the defendants, which proved unavailing, in consequence of their insolvency and from other causes.

The fees claimed are those which are due for services ’ rendered at' the instance of the city in the prosecutions of the said suits.

There was an ordinance of the city in force at the time these services were rendered, weich…