Compton v. State

W. W. Smith, S. J.

After the opinion in M. & L. R. R. Co., as reorganized, in 37 Ark., 632, had been delivered, and when the mortgage money was in course of being covered into the State Treasury, Mr. Compton filed in this, court, his claim of lien for $5,000, for-his services as solicitor. Thereupon the court directed the clerk, who was entrusted with the execution of the decree, to deposit this sum in bank until the claimant could be heard and his claim be investigated. ,

He was employed by Governor Miller, under the following circumstances : After the cause had progressed to issue in the…