Bogrette v. Young

Appellant law firm appeals by right the trial court’s order denying appellant the right to assert a claim against appellee receiver, for legal services rendered. We reverse and remand.

The legal services in question were rendered during the course of litigation which led to the dissolution of the ecclesiastical corporation formed by the individual defendants. Appellant represented these defendants in their capacity as officers of the corporation. Nonetheless, the trial court found that appellant’s services accrued solely to the benefit of the individual defendants, and not to the dissolved…