AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. STRAUGHAN

No. 8296.

248 So.2d 73 (1971)

AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY v. William J. STRAUGHAN, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Baker, of Holloway, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Sidney D. Fazio, of McCollister, Belcher, McCleary & Fazio, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, ELLIS and BLANCHE, JJ.


BLANCHE, Judge.

This is a devolutive appeal taken by defendants cast in judgment in favor of plaintiff in a suit on promissory notes. The facts giving rise to this appeal are well summarized by the trial court in Written Reasons for Judgment, pertinent excerpts from which are reproduced below:

"The plaintiff, a banking corporation, has instituted this suit on the balance due on two promissory notes executed by William J. Straughan, Inc., the notes being in...

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