Wilson v. Henderson

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff, in the capacity of attorney, represented Mrs. Jessie M. Henderson in a suit she instituted against her husband, Houston S. Henderson, defendant herein, for separation from bed and board, which was lost in the District Court and also in the Supreme Court (Henderson v. Henderson, 190 La. 836, 183 So. 173). He seeks by this suit to hold the husband, as head and master of the community partnership, responsible for compensation due him for professional services rendered the wife in said litigation, the value of which he estimates at $1,000. He sues on a quantum meruit.

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