HUGHES v. TALLEY

No. 11841.

400 So.2d 253 (1981)

John R. HUGHES v. Dennis J. TALLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schaff & Currier, Val A. Schaff, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

H. Book Hopkins, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before BOUTALL, CHEHARDY and STOULIG, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

Defendant, Dennis Talley, has appealed a judgment awarding plaintiff, John R. Hughes, $5,000.00 plus 25% attorney fees and legal interest from judicial demand in a suit on a promissory note that was materially altered by the wife of the payee. The issue here is whether the alteration rendered the note null and void.

The instrument was given by Talley as partial consideration for the purchase of a Diamond T tractor and homemade trailer, which...

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