Legal Opinion
Gosserand v. Monteleone
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 23, 1927No. 28241PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
On January 6, 1923, Mrs. Helen MeReady Monteleone, wife of defendant, instituted suit against him in the civil district court for separation from bed and board, and later filed a rule to fix alimony in the sum of $600 per month.
On the day the suit was brought, Mrs. Monteleone executed and delivered to plaintiff, as her attorney, a note for the sum of $5,000, payable to her order, and by her indorsed, as a fee for his services in the prosecution of the suit.
Being dissatisfied with the judgment of the lower court allowing her alimony in the' sum of $200 per month, Mrs. Monteleone appealed to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gosserand v. MonteleoneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Benedict v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
- Purser & Magruder v. BaientolilaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Breaux, Fenner & Hall v. FranckeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
- Hunt v. Orleans Cotton Press Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Anne Goyne Mitchell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Jane Isabell Goyne Sims v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Guillory v. GuilloryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Parker, Seale & Kelton v. MessinaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Alpha v. AucoinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Haas v. CeramiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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