Martinez v. Succession of Vives
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth. Judicial District McVea, J. Court, parish of Iberville. .'First — A lawyer may legally stipulate for his fee a certain per centage of the sum he may recover. :-Second — It is contended that the court that rendered the judgment of revival is not the same court that rendered the original judgment.
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APPEAL from the Fifth. Judicial District McVea, J. Court, parish of Iberville. .'First — A lawyer may legally stipulate for his fee a certain per centage of the sum he may recover. :-Second — It is contended that the court that rendered the judgment of revival is not the same court that rendered the original judgment. The Fifth District Court of Iberville is at present the same as the Fifth District Court that existed prior to the constitution of 1868, divested only of some of its jurisdiction. In La Chambre vs. Cole, 30 An. p. 961, we think your Honors have settled this question. Chapman,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
DeBlanc, J.
On the 11th of May, 1866, a judgment was rendered' by the Fifth District Court of the State, at a session held in the parish of Iberville, in favor of Louis Berber, and against Adolphe Vives, for fifteen-hundred and fifty dollars, in principal. That judgment was obtained by-Messrs. Talbot & Petit, attorneys-at-law, whose services .were engaged! on condition that they would receive no other fee but ten per cent upon any amount which they might collect from Vives.
The present suit was filed on the 9th of May, 1876. It was brought by Marcelite…
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