McMahon v. Baench

His Honor, EMILE GODOHAUX,

rendered the opinion and decree of the Court, as follows:

Plaintiff, who conducts a detective agency, sues defendant for compensation for services rendered in obtaining for her a settlement with the lawyer she had employed to'represent her in connection with her husband’s .succession. The trial Court dismissed the suit on the ground that plaintiff had agreed to render his services gratuitously and he now appeals.

While the testimony is contradictory, still, an analysis of the record shows that the following facts at least are undisputed:. That plaintiff’s sole business…