Stevenson v. Blake

SMITH, Chief Justice.

On July 20, 1935, the county commissioners of Wilson county, upon their own initiative, called upon and employed Messrs. J. W. Ragsdale and H. W. Wallace, reputable attorneys of Victoria and De Witt counties, respectively, to institute and prosecute suits against certain former and present officials of said county, to recover moneys alleged to be due by those officials to the county. For those services it was stipulated in the contract that the county would pay Messrs. Ragsdale and Wallace 25 per cent, of the recovery in said litigation, plus $3,000; $1,000 to be paid in…