Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Parish of Concordia
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1882PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Boarman, D. J.
The plaintiff, a lawyer and citizen of Louisiana, sues the parish of Concordia for $27,000, claimed to be due to him because of certain professional services rendered the defendant, in pursuance of a conditional contract of date December, 1872. He alleges that he completed his part of the agreement before October, A. D. 1879, and that on the happening of the suspensive condition his contract became absolute and indefeasable; that by operation of law his contract has a retroactive effect, and takes date with the agreement — December, 1872. At that time he alleges the existence of…
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