ROYAL FURNITURE COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE v. BENTON

No. 51119.

256 So.2d 614 (1972)

260 La. 527

ROYAL FURNITURE COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, Inc. v. Ernest BENTON, Jr., et ux.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris Gates Rankin, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

Aubrey L. Moore, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-respondents.


BARHAM, Justice.

Royal Furniture Company of Baton Rouge, Inc., filed suit against Ernest Benton, Jr., and Mary Benton, his wife, for non-payment of a promissory note signed by Mary Benton on January 14, 1967, alleging that the indebtedness was a community obligation, and that Ernest Benton, Jr., had "ratified the purchase and debt on behalf of the community as is witnessed by said amount paid on said note and chattel mortgage". Judgment was rendered by default against...

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