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VAIL, MILLS & ARMSTRONG v. CITY OF PARIS

Gen. No. 9,789.

344 Ill. App. 590 (1951)

101 N.E.2d 861

Robert P. Vail, Walker H. Mills and Thomas H. Armstrong, Partners Practicing Law under the Firm Name of Vail, Mills and Armstrong, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication December 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VAIL, MILLS & ARMSTRONG, pro se, and BOOKWALTER, CARTER, GUNN & HICKMAN, of Danville, for appellants.

PAUL B. LAUHER, and COTTON & MASSEY, of Paris, STEVENS & HERNDON, of Springfield, for appellee; ROBERT F. COTTON, and ROBERT L. GIBSON, both of Paris, and ELMER NAFZIGER, of Springfield, of counsel.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court.

On April 15, 1940 the plaintiffs, a law firm at Decatur, Illinois, entered into a contract with the City of Paris, Illinois, to do certain designated legal work as special counsel in connection with a municipal utility proposed to be constructed by the City. Under the terms of the contract plaintiffs were to receive 3% of the cost of the project for their services, payable out of the proceeds of the...

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