Legal Opinion

Hauch v. Bonnabel

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 16, 1914No. 19,909PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice E. Edrington, Judge. Action by Arthur Hauch against A. Bonnabel. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

This suit was instituted in November, 1905, to recover the sum of $7,500, commissions for alleged services for procuring a purchaser for about 2,000 arpents of land belonging to the defendant. The original agreement signed by the defendant, and attached to the petition, bears date November 18, .1904, and as far as necessary to quote reads as follows:

“I herewith authorize Arthur Hauch, of New Orleans, La., to sell my property, about 2,000 acres, more or less, with all improvement, arpents- or French measurement arpent, more or less, for the price of $75 per arpent, including all improvements;…

2Cited by6 opinions

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McLeod v. L. & L. Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962

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