Light v. Lebanon County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Plaintiffs sued for the value of legal services rendered to the County of Lebanon under a special contract of employment in connection with litigation involving increase of property assessments for taxing purposes. The trial judge directed a verdict in plaintiffs’ favor for $5,857.81, it being conceded that if any sum was due plaintiffs this was the proper amount. Judgment was subsequently entered for defendant non obstante veredicto and plaintiffs appealed.

In 1919, the assessment on mineral land owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, the Philadelphia and Beading…