Forman v. Sewerage & Water Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred Durieve King, Judge. Action by Benjamin Rice Forman against the sewerage and water board of New Orleans. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The plaintiff, Benjamin Rice Forman, an attorney at law of the city of New Orleans, claims of the sewerage and water board, of the same city, $25,000, for legal services alleged to have been rendered by him to that board in the suit of State of Louisiana v. New Orleans Waterworks Company.
The case has been tried on an exception of no cause of action accompanied by an agreement that, in case the exception was overruled, the court should proceed to decide the case as on a plea of general denial. For the-latter purpose an admission of facts was made. The lower court sustained the exception of no…
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