Bankston Bros. v. Morrison

LeBLANC, Judge.

This is a suit brought in the name of a commercial partnership for a monied judgment against a practicing attorney at law. The gist of the petition is that the plaintiff firm had engaged the services of the defendant attorney to undertake the collection of a note due them by one Charles Patterson; that the defendant, in carrying out his engagement, had filed suit against their debt- or and obtained judgment against him; had subsequently taken garnishment process against their said debtor’s employer as a result of which an agreement was reached under which the amount of the…