Moran v. Otoe County

This was an action to recover of the defendant the sum of $50 alleged to be due plaintiff for services in the supreme court in the case of Goff v. State, 89 Neb. 287.

It appears that Goff, an indigent defendant, was charged in the district court for Otoe county with a felony. When the cause came on for trial the proper affidavit was filed, and the court assigned the plaintiff as counsel to defend him. -A trial resulted in Goff’s conviction, and, after his motion for a new trial had been overruled, he was sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. The plaintiff then made application to the…