Little v. Haik

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Sterling E. Little and Raymond B. Hayes, both of whom are consulting geologists, instituted this suit against the defendant, Robert Haik, an attorney, endeavoring to obtain an accounting for expenses incurred and profits realized from a mineral lease brokerage business, which plaintiffs and defendant formed as a joint venture. Plaintiffs, in explanation thereof, asserted that the defendant had purchased certain mineral leases affecting property located in St. Martin and Iberia Parishes for the benefit of all the litigants, but that he subsequently sold them at a…