FONTENOT v. LAVERGNE

No. 6755.

365 So.2d 1168 (1978)

Norman Jack FONTENOT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Freeman LAVERGNE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, John S. Bradford, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack J. Rogers, Lake Charles, J. Michael Veron, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellees.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and CUTRER, JJ.


CUTRER, Judge.

Norman Jack Fontenot sues Freeman Lavergne, d/b/a Lavergne's Bail Bonds, and Ron Biggs for damages as a result of an alleged false imprisonment at the instance of the defendants. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. We reverse.

This case involves the problem of false imprisonment through mistaken identity due to a similarity of names. Freeman Lavergne was engaged in the bail bond business doing business as Lavergne's Bail...

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