Legal Opinion

Lazarus v. Friedrichs

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 4, 1908No. 17,321Published

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George I-I. Theard, Judge. Action by Henry L. Lazarus against George G. Friedrichs. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion

On the Merits — Statement of the-Case.

MONROE, J.

Plaintiff' brought suit in 1905, alleging that defendant owed him 100 shares of the stock of the New Orleans Jockey Club, for services rendered, as an attorney at law, in connection with the establishment of that corporation, and he obtained judgment for one-half of that which he claimed, upon the theory that he had proved that “there was, in substance, a joint understanding on the part of the defendant and his associate, Brown, to pay plaintiff $10,000, or $5,000, each, in stock of the proposed New Orleans Jockey Club, for his professional…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lazarus v. FriedrichsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906

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