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PRENTICE v. McGOWEN

No. 5913.

346 So.2d 1361 (1977)

C. A. PRENTICE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jo Ann Perry McGOWEN and Charles McGowen, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. H. Olivier, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Armentor & Wattigny by Minos H. Armentor, New Iberia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and STOKER, JJ.

HOOD, Judge.

C. A. Prentice, Jr., instituted this suit against Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGowen to recover expenses incurred by Prentice for attorney's fees in defending a suit which previously had been filed against him by Mrs. McGowen. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appealed.

The issues presented are whether plaintiff is entitled to recover attorney's fees under LSA-R.S. 42:261(E), and if so, whether the amount awarded...

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