Case Name: PALMER & PALMER et al. v. James A. STIRE ef al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1967-05-05
Citations: 197 So. 2d 899
Docket Number: No. 48675
Parties: PALMER & PALMER et al. v. James A. STIRE ef al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 197
Pages: 899–899

Head Matter:
250 La. 645
PALMER & PALMER et al. v. James A. STIRE ef al.
No. 48675.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 5, 1967.

Opinion:
In re: Robert E. Palmer and Charles B. W. Palmer d/b/a Palmer & Palmer and Joseph A. Ory applying for certiorari, or writ, of review, to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Parish of Tangipahoa. 195 So.2d 706.
Writ refused, The result is'correct.
SANDERS, .Justice.
I. am of the opinion that a. writ should be granted.
LSA-R.S. 9:5001 grants an attorney who obtains a judgment in favor bf his.client, a •special privilege for the amount 'of his fee on the judgment and the property recovered thereby.
The holding of the present casé pérmits the client to destroy the privilege at will by "compromising" and cancelling the judgement without the attorney's consent.'
The following questions. should be resolved:
(1) What is :the nature- and extent of the attorney's'- special privilege on a judgment and recovery under LSA-R.S. 9:5001 ? See, e. g., Patorno v. Villio, 9 Orleans App. 104; Davis Finance & Securities Co. v. O'Neal, La.App., 160 So. 463; Daggett on Louisiana Privileges and Chattel Mortgage pp. 776-780.; and 7 Am.Jur.2d, Attorneys at Law, § 306, p. 217.
(2) Does his special privilege on the judgment make the -attorney of record one of the "parties interested" under Civil Code Article 3371, so as to require the attorney's ppn-sent for the cancellation of the judgment? See, e. g., Restatement of Agency 2d, Section 464(3) and'7 Am.Jur.2d, Attorneys at La-w, § 306, p. 217.