IN RE SUCCESSION OF BANKSTON

No. 2002 CA 0548.

844 So.2d 61 (2003)

SUCCESSION OF Betty Kinchen BANKSTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied May 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah M. Henson, New Orleans, Laurie Rolling Hagan, Metairie, Counsel for Appellant Jeannette Rose Kinchen Perry.

Joseph H. Simpson, Amite, In Proper Person and Attorney for William Paul Simpson, Appellees.

Before: FOIL, McCLENDON and KLINE, JJ.


McCLENDON, J.

The issues raised on appeal in this succession case are whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on the issue of the reasonableness of a contingency fee contract and in denying summary judgment on the issue of the excessiveness of the contract. For the following reasons, we reverse in part and affirm in part.

Betty Kinchen Bankston died on May 20, 2000. On July 6, 2000, on behalf of Elston Sidney Bankston, attorney Keith Rowe...

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