Soniat v. Whitmer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth. Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suit by Leonce M. Soniat against Robert F. Whitmer and others to enjoin a seizure of property to satisfy a demand against plaintiff’s vendor. Judgment for plaintiff including attorney’s fees, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
SOMMERVILLE, J.
A rehearing was granted on the petition of defendants as to the attorney’s fees, which were allowed in the opinion of the court as damages.
[7] In determining whether counsel fees should be allowed or not, and, if allowed, the amount, the court found that it was necessary for plaintiff to employ counsel to protect his property from seizure by judicial process in a suit by defendants in which he (plaintiff) was a stranger. His real estate had been seized to pay the debt of a third person, the judgment debtor of defendants. Such seizure by defendants was a quasi…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cooper v. CappelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Gilkerson-Sloss Commission Co. v. Yale & BowlingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Ludeling v. GarrettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- Edwards v. TurnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
- White v. GivensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
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