· 2/16/1979
State ex rel. Veal v. Currault
Citations
- 367 So. 2d 863
- 1979 La. LEXIS 7401
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- “[W]e are constrained by prevailing case law to strictly construe any provision in a contract providing for attorney’s fees so as to deny such fees in close cases because an award of such fees is in derogation of the common law.”
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Judges: Dixon, Grant, Henderson, Rel, State, Writ
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