Calk v. Highland Const. & Mfg.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
376 So.2d 495 (1979)
J. C. CALK
v.
HIGHLAND CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING.
No. 64519.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 8, 1979.
J. P. Mauffray, Jr., Jena, for plaintiff-applicant.
Kenneth Rigby, Love, Rigby, Dehan, Ove & McDaniel, Shreveport, for Commercial Nat. Bank in Shreveport, seizing creditor-respondent.
CALOGERO, Justice.
In this case there is a contest involving a litigant, his attorney, and the litigant's creditor over $2000 recovered as a result of a compromise settlement between the litigant and a defendant in a personal injury suit. The trial court held that the attorney's right to the…
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