City of Austin v. Johns

Citations

• 62 Tex. 179
• 3 Tex. L. R. 268
• 1884 Tex. LEXIS 202

Syllabus

<p>1. Attorney — City charter — City ordinances.— Under the amended charter of the city of Austin, passed February 15, 1878, the city council had power to allow the city attorney such fees as in their discretion they thought proper, in addition to §600 fixed as compensation for his services by the amended charter of November, 1875. It had also power to allow him commissions on all sums collected by him for the city, or which had been collected through his official instrumentality and paid into the city treasury.</p> <p>2. Same.— By city ordinance, the city attorney was allowed to receive “ten per cent, on all sums collected for the city.” Held, that the city attorney was entitled to ten per cent, (in addition to his fees for representing the city in civil or criminal cases) on all sums collected by him under any judgment procured by him for the city.</p>