76 P. 621 | Ariz. | 1904
An action was brought by Barnes & Martin, attorneys, against the county of Santa Cruz to recover for legal services rendered at the request of the board of supervisors of Santa Cruz County before the joint board of supervisors of Santa Cruz and Pima counties in arranging the bonded indebtedness of said county, and in litigation in the district court in regard to the amount of the indebtedness of Pima County for which Santa Cruz County should provide. The case was tried to a jury, and from a judgment for plaintiffs in accordance with the verdict of such jury the county appeals.
There were several minor points urged by the appellant, some of which are not sustained, and others are not important. Passing these, the case presents as the controlling issue the one question whether the board of supervisors has authority, under our statutes, to employ counsel other than the district attorney to render professional services to the county in a civil suit, so as to constitute a fee for services rendered by counsel thus employed a legal charge against the county. As a rule, one who demands the payment of a
It is called to the attention of the court that the appellant filed no assignment of errors in the lower court, and that no such assignment appears in the transcript. The Revised Statutes of 1887 required the appellant to file an assignment of errors in the lower court (par. 940), and the transcript of the
No error appearing in the record, the .judgment of the lower court is affirmed.