Burke v. Erwin's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF IBERVILLE. The plaintiff claims of the heirs and legal representatives or the late Joseph Erwin, according to their virile shares, the sum of five thousand dollars, as a compensation on a quantum meruit for his professional services as attorney at liiii J law, rendered to the estate of the deceased. Two of the defendants did not appear. The others pleaded the general denial.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF IBERVILLE. The plaintiff claims of the heirs and legal representatives or the late Joseph Erwin, according to their virile shares, the sum of five thousand dollars, as a compensation on a quantum meruit for his professional services as attorney at liiii J law, rendered to the estate of the deceased. Two of the defendants did not appear. The others pleaded the general denial. On the trial, Clement, one of Erwin’s executors, testified that the plaintiff was. retained by the executors, as the sole counsel in all the legal…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff claimed from each of the defendants, his virile share of five thousand dollars, alleged to be due him for professional services in the settlement of their ancestor’s estate.
i' Two of the defendants did not appear, the others pleaded the general issue.
There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed, after an unsuccessful effort to obtain a new trial.'
A dimissal of the appeal was prayed, on the grounds that the virile share of none of the defendants amounted to more' than two hundred and fifty dollars, on account of the insufficiency of the bond,…
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