Legal Opinion
Haas v. Estate of LeDoux
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 3, 1983No. 82-169PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUTRER, Judge.
The single issue presented on appeal is whether the claim for attorney’s fees filed by Leon Haas, in his opposition to the tableau of distribution proposed by the administrator of the Succession of Eddie LeDoux, was barred by prescription.
Eddie LeDoux died testate in October 1960. At that time Haas was employed by the surviving spouse to perform the legal work in connection with the succession proceedings. In December 1960, the surviving spouse, Pearl LeDoux, was appointed testamentary executrix. Haas handled the various legal matters for the administratrix for a period of…
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