Succession of Hanna
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Succession of John H. Hanna. From a judgment rejecting the claim of E. A. O’Sullivan for a further fee, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
E. A. O’Sullivan, a member of the bar, prosecutes this appeal from a judgment which holds that a fee of $5,259.-12, which has been paid him for services rendered in behalf of the minor Cleo Hanna, “is all that he is entitled to, under the law and the evidence,” and rejects his claim for a further amount of $5,889.83.
It appears from the evidence that Mr. O’Sullivan was, for many years, the legal and confidential adviser of John H. Hanna, the decedent, in whose succession this litigation has been carried on; that Hanna’s wife had preceded him to the grave;…
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