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CITIZENS FINANCE COMPANY OF AMITE v. BUCHANAN

No. 51576.

261 So.2d 652 (1972)

261 La. 1022

CITIZENS FINANCE COMPANY OF AMITE, Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent, v. Charles BUCHANAN, Defendant-Appellant-Relator.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer & Palmer, Robert E. Palmer, Amite, for defendant-applicant.

Schilling & Simpson, Joseph H. Simpson, Amite, for plaintiff-respondent.

TATE, Justice.

The plaintiff finance company sues for the unpaid balance of a promissory note evidencing a loan to the defendant, Charles Buchanan. Buchanan defends on the ground that the finance company negligently failed to obtain disability insurance, which would have paid the note when he became disabled.

The trial and intermediate courts rejected this defense. 248 So.2d 72 (La.App. 1st Cir.1971). They did so because...

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