Money v. Beard & Marshall
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 21. — ACTION BY G. M. MONEY, SUPT. OP SCHOOLS, AGAINST BEARD & MARSHALL. — Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. C. C. Marshall, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendants, plaintiff- appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Barker
— Reversing.
R. A. Burton, a former superintendent of the_ common schools of Shelby county, entered into a written contract with Beard and Marshall, a firm of lawyers, by which he agreed to pay them as a fee a sum equal to 50 per cent, of whatever sums might be collected by two contemplated lawsuits on the two separate bonds that had been executed by certain book publishers as required by section 4424, Ky. St. 1903. This section provides, among other things, as follows: “Whenever any publisher or person selling text-books, who desires to have his text-books…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- D. C. Heath & Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
3Cited by3 opinions
- Allin v. County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Clay County v. SizemoreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- McPherson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917