Garden Hill Land Corp. v. Cambre

354 So.2d 1064 (1978)

GARDEN HILL LAND CORPORATION

v.

Succession of Edwin CAMBRE et al.

No. 8676.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 11, 1978.

Rehearings Denied February 14, 1978.

Writs Refused March 27, 1978.

D. A. McGovern, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Pertuit, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, BEER and BOWES, JJ.

BEER, Judge.

Kenneth V. Ward seeks to recover attorney's fees allegedly due under a 50% contingent fee contact or, alternatively, to recover in quantum meruit for services rendered in representing the minor daughter of Mrs. Cambre,…