Garland v. Dimitry

This is a suit between two reputable members' of the bar, and grows out of a disagreement as to the compensation which the plaintiff was to receive for professional services rendered in the litigation over the estate of the late Mrs. Florence A. Toombs.

It will be necessary to a proper understanding and correct solution of the present controversy to restate some of the history of the litigation referred to, though a full account thereof will be found in the case of Beattie v. Dimitry, 162 La. 571, 110 So. 759.

Mrs. Toombs died about January 7, 1921, without forced heirs and leaving a…