Legal Opinion
Succession of Harleaux
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 17, 1977No. 11514PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLANCHE, Judge.
This is an action by Osborne & Richard, a law firm, for the balance of $2,718.30 claimed to be due for professional services which were allegedly performed by it in the Succession of William W. Harleaux. The American Bank and Trust Company was sued in its capacity as trustee of a testamentary trust created and established by the decedent prior to his death. The bank was ordered to show cause by rule why the attorney’s fees should not be made executo-ry through the rendition of judgment against the bank in its capacity as trustee.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re LommLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- In re Interdiction of LommSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Cagle v. Spade Drilling Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Pittman Construction Co. v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- Succession of PriceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- LeNy v. FriedmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Guidry v. DufreneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Matter of HarleauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- In Re Succession of ScottLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
- Succession of CannonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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