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Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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In Baltimore on Dec. 16, a jury in the court of common pleas awarded $67,000 to A. B. Patterson against H. Y. Attrill for unpaid fees from 1873 negotiations between the Crescent City Gas Company and New Orleans Gas Company, following Attrill's successful million-dollar lawsuit.
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 16.—In the court of common pleas, this morning, a jury rendered a verdict of $67,000 in favor of A. B. Patterson, of this city, against H. Y. Attrill. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant in 1873 to negotiate a compromise or settlement between the Crescent City gas company and the New Orleans gas company of New Orleans. The negotiations, after an agreement on the part of Attrill to accept $500,000, failed, and at the suggestion of Patterson suit was instituted against the New Orleans gas company and Attrill recovered a verdict for over a million of dollars. Patterson was to have received $50,000 for his services, failing to receive which he instituted suit against Attrill, which resulted in the verdict above mentioned, which covers the original claim.
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Baltimore
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Dec. 16.
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verdict of $67,000 in favor of a. b. patterson against h. y. attrill
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A jury in the court of common pleas rendered a verdict of $67,000 in favor of A. B. Patterson against H. Y. Attrill. Patterson was employed by Attrill in 1873 to negotiate a compromise between the Crescent City gas company and the New Orleans gas company. Negotiations failed after Attrill agreed to accept $500,000, leading to a suit where Attrill recovered over a million dollars. Patterson, entitled to $50,000 for his services, sued Attrill upon non-payment.