Landry v. White

HIGGINS, Judge.

This is a suit by an attorney at law for a fee for profession a’l services rendered the defendant’s brother. The petition alleges that on January 6, 1932, the defendant, under a verbal contract of employment, engaged plaintiff, in his capacity as a practicing attorney at law, to represent the defendant’s brother, Joseph White, in the criminal district court, where he was charged with shooting a woman with the intent to commit murder ; that the trial of the criminal case took place on January 14, 1932, consuming one full day and resulted in a verdict of “Not Guilty” ; that no…