CITY FINANCIAL CORP. v. BONNIE

No. 99 CA 2127.

762 So.2d 167 (2000)

CITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION v. Terry L. BONNIE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied August 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Phillip Canova, Jr., Louis W. Delahaye, Thomas C. Delahaye, Plaquemine, for Plaintiff—Appellee City Financial Corporation.

James R. Clary, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Defendant—Appellant Terry L. Bonnie.

BEFORE: LeBLANC, FOIL, FOGG, PARRO, and KLINE, JJ.


FOGG, J.

By this appeal, an attorney challenges a trial court's judgment ordering him to return a legal fee paid by his client from a judgment later overturned by devolutive appeal. For the reasons below, we reverse.

The facts as to the original suit in this case were set forth in City Financial Corporation v. Willie P. Mitchell, 96-2817, p. 2 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2/20/98), 710 So.2d 376 (unpublished opinion), as follows:

On June 6, 1993, Willie...

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