Legal Opinion
Lazarus, Michel & Lazarus v. Veazey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 22, 1922No. 23413PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Hugh O. Cage, Judge. Suit by Lazarus, Michel & Lazarus against Alice Pons Yeazey and others. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
This is a suit for attorney’s fees and costs expended in prosecuting a certain interdiction proceeding, the details of which are set forth in Pons v. Pons, 137 La. 25, 68 South. 201, and Ruiz v. Pons, 141 La. 110, 74 South. 713.
There was judgment below for defendants sustaining an exception of no cause of action; and plaintiffs appeal.
The trial judge assigned written reasons for judgment as follows:
“By Cage, District Judge:
“ * * * This suit is founded on a contract which is in these words:
“ ‘New Orleans, La., November 27, 1912. We, the. undersigned, children of Mrs. Madeline Pons, hereby…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Green v. New Orleans, S. & G. I. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Ruiz v. PonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Pons v. PonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Spence v. BodeNew York Supreme Court · 1908
- Succession of AikenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Coon v. LandrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Coon v. LandryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981