BUDDY PATTERSON GATEWAY GULF SERVICE v. HOWELL

No. 13560.

392 So.2d 140 (1980)

BUDDY PATTERSON GATEWAY GULF SERVICE v. Elzie HOWELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Troyer, Ponchatoula, for plaintiff.

Dennis C. Kronlage, Hammond, for defendant.

Before ELLIS, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This is an appeal involving the sufficiency of evidence required to obtain a default judgment in a suit on an open account. We find that the evidence presented to the city court was not adequate to establish a prima face case. We therefore vacate the default judgment.

Plaintiff-appellee, Buddy Patterson Gateway Gulf, filed suit on an open account in the Hammond City Court, seeking $827.37 allegedly owed by defendant-appellant, Elzie Howell. No...

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