HENRIQUES v. VACCARO

No. 40098.

56 So.2d 236 (1951)

HENRIQUES v. VACCARO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred S. Weis, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dart, Guidry & Price and Edward F. Wegmann, all of New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff, an attorney-at-law, is appealing from an adverse judgment in the district court, holding that he was estopped from prosecuting his claim for the balance allegedly due under a contingent fee contract with Lucas J. Vaccaro, by virtue of having previously had certified a check tendered by Vaccaro in full settlement of said fee.

The record discloses the following facts:

On October 8, 1946, Henriques agreed to represent Lucas...

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