KNOLL, Judge.
Tommy D. Kershaw appeals a default judgment rendered against him and in favor of American Bank and Trust Company of Lafayette (hereafter American Bank) in the amount of $200,000 plus interest and attorney's fees. Kershaw assigns as error that the trial court erred in granting the default judgment when an answer had been filed. The issue raised by the assignment is whether a default judgment is invalid when answer to the petition is filed on the same...
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