Holstead v. Lewis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
TALIAFERRO, Judge.
The late Judge J. B. Holstead, of Lincoln parish, on January 26, 1933, executed his promissory note for $4,000, due on demand, stipulating 8 per cent, per annum interest from date, to Mrs. Kate Holstead Lewis, and secured payment thereof ky special mortgage on improved property in the city of Ruston, La. Thereafter interest was paid on the note to February 1, 1934. It contains this stipulation in regard to payment of attorney’s fees, following his promise to pay the principal and interest: “And all attorney’s' fees incurred in the collection of this note, or any portion…
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