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HARRIS COUNTY v. EMMITE

No. 16879.

554 S.W.2d 203 (1977)

HARRIS COUNTY, Appellant, v. Philip L. EMMITE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Resweber, County Atty., Theodore H. Wu, Jr., and Billy E. Lee, Asst. County Attys., Houston, for appellant.

Hittner, Cezeaux & Salvato, Mark A. Salvato, Houston, for appellee.

PEDEN, Justice.

Philip Emmite sued Harris County for unpaid consulting services on the theory of implied contract. The jury found that he rendered services valued at $750 and that Harris County knowingly accepted the benefits of them. Harris County directs this appeal to the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury finding that the county "knowingly accepted benefits."

Plaintiff and Harris County Commissioners Court entered into two successive...

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