MARTZELL, MONTERO AND LAMOTHE v. CHATELAIN

No. C-1136.

441 So.2d 274 (1983)

MARTZELL, MONTERO AND LAMOTHE v. Robert CHATELAIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Keasler Foutz, Martzell & Gay, New Orleans, for respondents.

Robert P. Chatelain, Metairie, applicant in pro. per.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and GULOTTA, KLEES, LOBRANO and WARD, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari to review the overruling of defendant's exception of nonjoinder of necessary parties in plaintiffs' suit against one of three clients for legal services rendered at that client's request for the benefit of all three.

Defendant's application suggested to this court, especially from the failure of plaintiffs' letter describing the agreement to act as counsel and specifying an hourly rate to expressly so declare, a...

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