EAGLE INDUSTRIAL ASSO., INC. v. UNIVERSAL OIL CORP.

No. 12111.

277 So.2d 720 (1973)

EAGLE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSAL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Miller, Shreveport, for Jerry L. Finley, applicant.

Jerry L. Finley, Monroe, for Eagle Industrial Associates, Inc.

Charles E. Tooke, Jr., J. W. Jones, Shreveport, for Universal Oil Corp., Ruby C. Tatman and others.

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King by Edwin Blewer, Jr., Shreveport, for James M. Goslin, Sheriff.

Before AYRES, BOLIN, HEARD, PRICE and HALL, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

The lower court found Jerry L. Finley, attorney, in contempt of court for failure to testify relative to information furnished him by clients. We granted writs and the sole issue before us is the correctness of this ruling of the district court.

Eagle Industrial Associates, Inc., obtained a judgment by default against Universal Oil Corporation in the District Court of Caldwell Parish on November 3, 1972, for $120,000 plus attorney's fees, interest...

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