| Ala. | Dec 15, 1887
Tbe fees due tbe plaintiff, as compensation for official services performed by him, at tbe request of tbe defendant, being sucb as were authorized by law, constituted a debt, for which an action of debt, or indebitatus assumpsit would clearly lie. And tbe provisions of tbe statute, authorizing a judgment to be rendered in favor of tbe successful party for costs in civil actions (Code of 1886, § 2837), is no bar to tlie maintenance of such a suit. Hill v. White, 1 Ala. 576" date_filed="1840-06-15" court="Ala." case_name="Hill v. White">1 Ala. 576; Carville v. Reynolds, 9 Ala. 969" date_filed="1846-06-15" court="Ala." case_name="Carville ex rel. Wamack v. Reynolds">9 Ala. 969; Tillman v. Wood, 58 Ala. 578" date_filed="1877-12-15" court="Ala." case_name="Tillman v. Wood">58 Ala. 578; Dane v. Loomis, 51 Ala. 487" date_filed="1874-06-15" court="Ala." case_name="Dane v. Loomis">51 Ala. 487: Bradley v. State, 69 Ala. 318" date_filed="1881-12-15" court="Ala." case_name="Bradley v. State">69 Ala. 318.
Tbe judgment is affirmed.