HICKS v. SCHOUEST

No. 10868.

381 So.2d 977 (1980)

C. James HICKS, Ltd. v. Joseph SCHOUEST, Independent Insurance Corporation, and XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Badeaux, Discon, Cumberland & Barbier, Carl J. Barbier, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

James H. Minge, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.


GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a lower court judgment which was rendered against a defendant who had made a general appearance in the case, but who was absent from the trial because neither he nor his attorney received a notice of trial.

On March 10, 1977, plaintiff C. James Hicks, Ltd. brought this action seeking damages in the amount of $8,000.00 from Joseph Schouest, agent for Independent Insurance Corporation, alleging that on October 26, 1976...

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