Linton v. Moore
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. The plaintiff having been appointed, in November last, attorney for an absent heir to the estate of R. Taylor, deceased, filed his petition last May term of the court, against the administrator, demanding three hundred and one dollars, as a compensation for his services; alleging that the law deprived him of the power to represent claims and appear against the heirs of the succession, in consequence of said…
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. The plaintiff having been appointed, in November last, attorney for an absent heir to the estate of R. Taylor, deceased, filed his petition last May term of the court, against the administrator, demanding three hundred and one dollars, as a compensation for his services; alleging that the law deprived him of the power to represent claims and appear against the heirs of the succession, in consequence of said appointment. He prays that the administrator be condemned to pay him the above sum, &c. The defendant denied that any…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff having been appointed to represent an absent heir of a person whose estate was administered by the defen*436dant, stated the estate was much involved, and a long time would be required for its settlement; and in as much as his appointment deprived him of the faculty of being employed against the estate, he claimed three hundred and one dollars, as a remuneration for his services. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The plaintiff had judgement for eleven dollars, and appealed.
The appellee must allege the injury done him by the judgement, and pray that it be amended, in his…
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