Case Name: Henry C. Page, Appellant, vs. The Township Board of Education, of Tp. 57, R. 33, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1875-02
Citations: 59 Mo. 264
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry C. Page, Appellant, vs. The Township Board of Education, of Tp. 57, R. 33, Respondent.
Judges: the other judges concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 264–264

Head Matter:
Henry C. Page, Appellant, vs. The Township Board of Education, of Tp. 57, R. 33, Respondent.
1. School board — Verbal contract of, binding. — The contract made on behalf of a school board for the. services of an attorney is binding, although not in writing and not pursuant to an order entered on the minutes of the board.
Appeal from DeKalb Circuit Court.'
S. G. Loring, for Appellant,
cited Turner vs. Chillicothe, &c. R. R. Co., 51 Mo., 501; Western Bank vs. Gilstrap, 45 Mo., 420; Mumford vs. Hawkins, 5 Denio, 355; Pulman vs. Mayor, &c., 54 Barb., [N. Y.,] 171; Salma vs. Mullen, 46 Ala., 411; Merrick vs. Burlington R. R. Co., 11 Ia., 411; Langdon vs. Castleton, 30. Vt., 76.

Opinion:
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.