PUTCH v. STRAUGHAN

No. 14484.

397 So.2d 38 (1981)

Nick PUTCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James P. STRAUGHAN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1981.

Writ Denied June 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamm, Greenberg & Kaplan by Irving M. Greenberg, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Sockrider & Bolin by James E. Bolin, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied May 1, 1981.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

On February 13, 1968 plaintiff sued defendants on a mortgage note and also asked for a money judgment on various other alleged obligations. The case was tried on the merits on March 3, 1970 and "continued for argument." On April 16, 1979 the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for want of prosecution under La. C.C.P. Art. 561.1

This motion was overruled...

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