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PITRE v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON

No. 5358.

274 So.2d 871 (1973)

Robert A. PITRE, Jr. v. The PARISH OF JEFFERSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. T. Melvin, LaRose, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alvin Rudy Eason, Metairie, Robert I. Broussard, and Robert H. Fray, Gretna, for Parish of Jefferson, defendant-appellee.

Before REGAN, SAMUEL and BOUTALL, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Two attorneys at law, one of whom was the plaintiff in this matter, were employed by the defendant to institute and prosecute a suit on behalf of the parish. The employment was by written contract dated February 4, 1971 which provided:

". . .

BE IT KNOWN that on this date, the Parish of Jefferson, herein represented by the Chairman of the Jefferson Parish Council, Charles J. Egan, does by these presents, retain and employ S. J. Chauppette...

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