Supreme Court of Missouri, 1875

Page v. Township Board of Education

Page v. Township Board of Education
Supreme Court of Missouri · Decided February 15, 1875 · Napton, Other
59 Mo. 264

Page v. Township Board of Education

Opinion of the Court

Napton, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit to recover an attorney’s fee of fifty dollars.

There was no dispute that the services were rendered, and that the fee was a reasonable one; hut the court gave judgment for the defendant on the grounds that there was no written contract made with said school board, and no order entered on the minutes of the board at a regular or stated meeting of said board. The proof was that the attorney was employed verbally.

The judgment will be reversed and the case remanded, with directions that a judgment fot the $50 be entered for the plaintiff;

the other judges concur.

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