Board of Commissioners v. Graf

This appeal arises out of a proceeding to determine appellee Graf’s attorney fees and expenses for legal services rendered to the appellant Commissioners.

Graf’s employment by the Commissioners was commenced May 5, 1970, at which time the Commissioners requested, through the then St. Joseph County Attorney, Joseph Ettl, that Graf appear as local counsel in a pending class action in Marion County to recover inheritance taxes from the Indiana Review Board due St. Joseph and other counties. St. Joseph County had chosen to exclude itself from the class and to enter an appearance through its own…