Burton v. . Furman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, heard at April Term, 1894, of Wake Superior Court, before Rolee, J. The nature of-the action is stated in the opinion of Associate Justice MacRae. His Honor Judge Hoke granted the motion of the defendants to dismiss the action on the ground that it did not state a cause of action, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
MacRae, J.:
This is an action whereby the plaintiff, an attorney at law, seeks to recover $974.88, the balance of a fee of $5,000 claimed by him for services rendered the Slate in litigation with the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company over its liability for State, county and city taxes, and to compel the payment to him of said sum out of the fund placed in the State Treasury by the counties and the railroad company, under the provisions of section 7, chapter 100, Private Laws of 1893.
As set out in the complaint, there -had been much litigation concerning the right to tax the said company,…
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