Miller v. Embree

— The appellant presented to the board of (commissioners of Gibson county a claim for services rendered ¿as an attorney in assisting the county treasurer to collect delinquent taxes. The claim as presented consists of a list of names, and amounts set opposite, aggregating the sum of $7,027.94, and appended thereto the following certificate and demand:

“ The above are amounts collected by the assistance of R. M. J. Miller, upon which I agreed he should be paid according to order or contract of the board.”

[Signed] “ John Sipp, Tr. G. C.”

“On the above certificate I ask an allowance of six hundred…