Cooley v. Beauvais
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action by the plaintiff, as an attorney at law, against the defendant, who was appointed by the court curator ad hoc, to defend an absentee residing in France, on being sued in the parish of Pointe Coupée, in 'an action of partition.- The curator ad hoc employed the plaintiff as counsel, to defend the case in court, to which he had been appointed.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action by the plaintiff, as an attorney at law, against the defendant, who was appointed by the court curator ad hoc, to defend an absentee residing in France, on being sued in the parish of Pointe Coupée, in 'an action of partition.- The curator ad hoc employed the plaintiff as counsel, to defend the case in court, to which he had been appointed. At the final termination of the case, on motion, the court ordered the sum of ñve hundred dollars to be paid Beauvais, curator ad hoc, and to be taxed in the costs, and paid by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The Plaintiff alleges in his petition, that Madame Mourain, an absentee, being sued in an action of partition, Arnaud Beauvais was appointed by the court, her curator ad hoc\ that the latter employed him (the plaintiff) as attorney and counsellor at law, to represent him in said suit, and to defend the same; that he did accordingly attend to the case, until final judgment was rendered. He further represents, that at the time of the final judgment in the case, the sum of five hundred dollars was allowed to the curator ad hoc, and taxed as a part of the costs to be paid by Madame Mourain. He…
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