CITY BANK & TRUST CO. v. HARDAGE CORP.

No. 16155-CA.

449 So.2d 1181 (1984)

CITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SHREVEPORT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The HARDAGE CORPORATION, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Goodman & Donovan by John M. Frazier, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by William E. Byram, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Skeels, Baker, Coleman & Strickland by Charles W. Strickland, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

The Hardage Corporation appeals a default judgment on a promissory note awarding 25% of the aggregate amount of principal and interest collected as attorney's fees assigning as their sole error the granting of the attorney's fees as provided in the note without sufficient proof of the adequacy or excessiveness of the fee. We amend and affirm.

On August 17, 1983, City Bank and Trust Company of Shreveport sued The Hardage Corporation, James H...

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