Nichols v. Howe

The board of commissioners of Steuben county had been sued in the Circuit Court, and Mr. Howe had appeared as attorney for them. It is conceded that he had not been employed at any regular session of the board of commissioners. It is also conceded that the prosecuting attorney was present, and competent to defend the interests of the county. The bill of exceptions says, “these were all the facts found in the case.”

It elsewhere appears in the record that Howe filed with the commissioners an account as follows, viz.:

Steuben county to John B. Howe, Dr. To services as counsel in Milnes v. The…