Cooley v. Cecile

(Slidell, J. dissenting.) This suit is instituted to recover the amount of a fee for professional services, rendered the defendants by the plaintiffs, as attorneys and counsellors at law, in the case of Marcelin Mayer et al. v. Virginie Esneault, vide 7 Ann. Rep. The services were rendered in sustaining the will of Mr. Simon Porche. The amount claimed was five hundred dollars; the plaintiffs recovered the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, and the defendant has appealed.

The succession, which was secured to the universal legatee by the services of the plaintiff, was valuable, and it is…