St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad v. Grove
Supreme Court of Kansas
Fh'ror from Harper District Court. On September 4, 1885, J. Paul Gh'ove brought this action against The St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad Company, to recover the sum of $400 alleged to be due him as a retainer, and for certain legal services performed by him for the company in sixteen different actions in matters arising out of condemnation proceedings of land in Harper county, taken for right-of-way in building the railroad of the company.
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Fh'ror from Harper District Court. On September 4, 1885, J. Paul Gh'ove brought this action against The St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad Company, to recover the sum of $400 alleged to be due him as a retainer, and for certain legal services performed by him for the company in sixteen different actions in matters arising out of condemnation proceedings of land in Harper county, taken for right-of-way in building the railroad of the company. The petition among other things alleged: “4. That for said employment and retainer as aforesaid, defendant agreed and contracted with plaintiff to…
1Opinion of the Court
*734The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action brought by J. Paul Grove against the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Kailroad Company to recover $400, the value of his services as an attorney, in being retained and in attending to sixteen condemnation cases which were at one time pending in the district court of Harper county. The railroad company answered by a general denial to the petition.
A large part of the brief of the attorneys for the railroad company discusses alleged errors of the court in rejecting and admitting testimony, and in instructing the jury. The…
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