Legal Opinion
State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Falcone
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 11, 1986No. CA-4754PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNES, Judge.
The Department of Transportation and Development appeals a judgment granting costs and attorney fees in a rule to compel payment of attorney fees due under C.C.P. Art. 5096.
The appellee in this action, John P. Co-sentino, was appointed as attorney to represent an estate in a condemnation action. The estate retained private counsel and ap-pellee was dismissed from the case on September 11, 1984. He immediately sought payment for the services he had rendered. There was no dispute between the parties as to the reasonableness of his fee. However, after a series of correspondence…
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