NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA v. WAGUESPACK

No. 6487.

304 So.2d 865 (1974)

The NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. Leonard WAGUESPACK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Herbert G. Gautreaux, Gretna, for defendant-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, BOUTALL and BEER, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment maintaining defendant's plea of prescription. Plaintiff contends its cause of action is one in contract which prescribes in 10 years and not, as concluded by the trial judge, one in tort which prescribes in one year.

The facts are that during the time defendant was an employee of Sooner Pipe and Supply Co., he allegedly falsified certain documents and misused credit...

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