Vaughan v. Woodruff-Prairie Road Improvement District No. 6

The Woodruff-Prairie Road Improvement District No. 6 was created by a special act of the General Assembly of 1919, and the commissioners there-, in named employed appellant as attorney for the district. The testimony shows that appellant accepted the employment reluctantly, and at first demanded a fee equivalent to three per cent, of the construction cost, based on the bonds issued, in payment of his services,, but that, at the solicitation of two of the commissioners,, he finally agreed to serve as attorney for a fee of two per cent.

The estimated cost of the completed improvement was…