Seward v. Falls County

Appellant, H. R. Seward, brought this suit against Palls county and the i>ermanent road board of precinct No. 5, to recover the sum of $400 and an attorney’s fee of $20. The suit was filed in the district court for the reason that the jurisdiction of the county court of Palls county, in civil eases, had been by law divested and conferred upon the district court.

The plaintiff sued upon an express contract and also upon quantum meruit, the basis of the claim being that the defendants had employed plaintiff to render service to them in making a preliminary survey of certain roads in precinct No.…