Banks v. Pearson

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Plaintiff filed suit against the defendants (hereinafter referred to in the singular) for the sum of $5,000.00 allegedly due him as a brokerage and/or attorney’s fee. Defendant answered denying that he owed plaintiff that amount. After trial on the merits, the district court awarded plaintiff $1,500.00 in attorney’s fees plus legal interest from the date of judicial demand. From that judgment plaintiff has perfected this appeal.

Plaintiff is a practicing attorney at law as well as a licensed realtor in the city of Monroe. In 1981, plaintiff and his father, Mr. Earl Banks, who…