Hornish v. Overton

The plaintiff in his petitipn. alleges his cause of aetion.to.be based upon an. oral contract with E. S. McChord, by the terms of which McChord agreed to pay the plaintiff 50 per cent of all that the plaintiff would recover or obtain for him from the Elias Overton estate. He further alleges, in substance, full performance by him of said oral contract; that, as attorney for the plaintiff, he was successful in recovering for McChord the sum of $669.36, which amount was collected and paid into the hands of the clerk of the district court.

The defendants answered by general denial, and. by…