Dowling v. Peyroux

This is a suit by a lawyer for a fee. He claimed $300 in his petition and was awarded $200 by a judgment of the lower court, from which judgment the defendants prosecute this appeal.

Mr. and Mrs. Peyroux, defendants herein, reside at No. 1728 Cadiz street in the city of New Orleans. Mrs. Peyroux, who before her marriage was a music teacher, with the assistance and co-operation of her husband, organized some school children in her neighborhood into two orchestras, which she called “The King’s Own’’ and “The Kiddies”; “The Kiddies” being composed of the younger children. Mrs. Peyroux was in the…