Gosserand v. Monteleone

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his suit on an exception of no cause of action.

He is an attorney at law, and was employed by Mrs. Helen McCrady, wife of the defendant, Monteleone, to file and prosecute for her suit for separation from bed and board, to obtaih alimony pending the said suit, and for a dissolution and liquidation of the community. The suit was instituted, an inventory of the community property was made, and a judgment for alimony was rendered in plaintiff’s favor. She was dissatisfied with the amount allowed her, and prosecuted an appeal to this court. Pending…