Swinnerton v. Monterey County
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County. The action was brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract whereby the plaintiff was employed, as am attorney at law, to prosecute certain actions. The further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKinstry, J.
W. V. Me Garvey was tax collector of Monterey County for two years from the first Monday in March, 1878, and U. Hartnell held the same office from the first Monday of March, 1880, to the first Monday of January, 1883.
The plaintiff herein, an attorney at law, claims to have entered into a contract with the defendant whereby he was employed to collect commissions unlawfully retained by the tax collectors of the county, the county agreeing to pay him for such service thirty per cent of the amount he should recover and collect; that under such employment he commenced actions against tax…
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