In any case where the state has, under existing laws, employed special counsel to recover the rights and interest of the state in immovable property of vacant successions belonging to it, and the agreement is that attorneys are to receive a percentage of the property recovered, patents to the attorneys for their interests may be issued in accordance with existing laws, when the rights of the state have been finally determined.
La. R.S. 9:1614
Special counsel; patents for interests
Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.