Jordan v. Osceola County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sioux District Oowrt. Action to recover for legal services rendered by plaintiffs, who are attorneys at law. A verdict was had for plaintiffs, and a judgment was rendered thereon. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReck, J.
The questions presented in the case will be considered in the order of their discussion by defendant’s counsel.
I. Evidence was admitted against defendant’s objection, tending to prove the employment of plaintiffs by an oral contract made by the supervisors, no entry of which was made in the records of the hoard of supervisors. Defendant insists that the evidence is incompetent for the reason that all proceedings of the board are by law required to be recorded, and that parol testimony of matters which should be entered of record is only competent as secondary evidence. We held in Tatlock &…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rice & Son v. Plymouth CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Tatlock v. Louisa CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
3Cited by13 opinions
- Long v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- Mecom v. FordTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Morrow v. Harrison CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- State v. ValleeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
- Taylor County v. StandleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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