Craven v. Board of Levee Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

Plaintiff alleges that he is, by profession, a mining and mechanical engineer, that he was employed by defendant as consulting engineer, and, in that capacity, rendered certain services, in connection with a contract, into which defendant had entered, involving an expenditure of $74,000, and that he is entitled to three peí cent, on that amount, or $2,220, as his compensation; a,nd he prays for judgment accordingly. There was judgment in the lower court in plaintiff’s favor for $550, and he has appealed.

It appears from the evidence in the…