Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Carlin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided August 15, 1859PublishedCited by 9 opinions
from the District Court of the Parish of St. Mary, Voorhies, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.
This is a suit instituted by the plaintiff to recover the sum of one thousand dollars for counsel fees and professional services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant, Henrietta Trowbridge, wife of defendant, Carlin, in the prosecution of a suit against her husband for divorce, the custody of the children, and a partition of the effects of the community, and services in the defence of a suit for a divorce brought by Carlin against his wife. See case of Trowbridge v. Carlin, 12 An. 882.
There was judgment in the District Court against the defendants jointly. Carlin aloue appeals.
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