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AMERICAN DIST. TEL. CO. v. RAULT

No. 10418.

378 So.2d 194 (1979)

AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. Joseph M. RAULT, Jr. d/b/a the Rault Center.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise A. Ferrand, Hartel, Kenny & Dimitry, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Ford J. Dieth, Leach, Paysse & Baldwin, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and SCHOTT, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

The prima facie proof necessary under La.C.C.P. 1702 for a default judgment on a suit "on an open account" consists of the account itself, verified by a competent witness's affidavit (or testimony) of its correctness.

In this case, neither affidavit nor testimony shows more than the competence of the witness and the correctness of the amount claimed, and there is no copy of any account in the record...

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