Legal Opinion
Burnet v. McDonough
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1931No. 8977PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENYON, Circuit Judge.
Respondent, a practicing attorney at Ft. Smith, Ark., was engaged to act as its counsel by the Ft. Smith-Yan Burén bridge district, which was created by an act of the General Assembly of Arkansas in 1909, for the purpose of constructing and operating a bridge across the Arkansas river between Ft. Smith and Yan Burén. His salary was by oral agreement fixed at $500 per year. It was also provided that he should look after the district’s cases in court, and for such service he was to have additional compensation, to be fixed by the board, which carried on the affairs of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Metcalf & Eddy v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Hall v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Lucas v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Buckeye Coal & Railway Co. v. Hocking Valley Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Liberty Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
- Underwood v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. ModjeskiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Lohman v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
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