Legal Opinion

Hyams v. Rogers

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1872No. 3750PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from tile Ninth Judicial District Court, parish of Rapides. H. W. Bowman, attorney at law, judge acl hoc, in place of Orsborn, judge, recused.

1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.

This is an action for attorney’s fees against the representative of the estate of W. H. Orsborn. The services were rendered, as alleged, by plaintiffs “ to tbe firm of J. & W. H. Orsborn,” a planting partnership. J. Orsborn lias gone into bankruptcy, and W. H. Orsborn bas departed this life.

There is no doubt that the plaintiffs performed the services at tbe request of J. Orsborn for the firm, and we do not perceive any force in the reasons 'urged by the defendant, who has appealed, for a reversal of the judgment.

The prescription of three and five years can not apply. The services of the…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lyons v. HallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
  2. Garden Hill Land Corp. v. CambreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
  3. Rapides Credit Men's Ass'n v. CoreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959

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