McMicken v. Perin
Supreme Court of the United States
This 'was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern.district of Louisiana The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
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This 'was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern.district of Louisiana The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Henderson made the following points :— 1, That the decree validates a void purchase qf a litigious right. 2. That the complainant’s alleged title, was void by the Louisiana statute of champerty. 3. That no loan of money and no resulting trust is shown. 4. There is no express trust in writing shown, though such trust is averred. • 5. That the amount admitted by the bill and exhibits to be due to the defendant on the purchase was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The appellee (Perin) filed his bill in the circuit court, alleging that he had been employed to institute suits in the courts .of Louisiana, on behalf of certain persons claiming to be the heirs of James Fletcher,‘ for which service he was to receive fifty per cent, oh the money value, or a fee equal to one half the net value of the property, real or personal, in controversy. Pending the suits his clients offered to sell their interest to him for $5,000, or to other persons for $10,000. There were some negotiations upon this subject, but nothing seems to have been concluded until after the…
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