Langdeau v. Bouknight

MRS JUSTICE GRIFFIN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this cause petitioner, Langdeau, as plaintiff, sued respondent, Bouknight, as defendant, for recovery of premiums and unearned commissions alleged due by Bouknight to Langdeau as Receiver of U. S. Trust & Guaranty Company for policies written by Bouknight in the Trust & Guaranty Company prior to its being placed in receivership. Langdeau also sued for attorney’s fees under Art. 2226, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, verifying his petition, thus claiming his suit was upon a sworn account as set out under Art. 2226.

The case was tried…