McConnell v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Houston, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
Plaintiff seeks by this suit to enforce payment of the amount due him by the City of New Orleans as compensation for his ■services as her attorney in the defense of numerous suits of immense magnitude, all growing out of the celebrated “ Gaines case.” *274The amount claimed is $60,263.30, subject to a credit of $2,500 paid to him in the year 1881, and the City appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff'for the full amount of his claim.
The plea of prescription of three and of ten years, set up in the lower court is virtually abandoned on appeal,…
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