AMERICAN BANK & TRUST CO. OF LAFAYETTE v. HUVAL FINANCIAL SERV.

No. 83-1077.

460 So.2d 91 (1984)

AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF LAFAYETTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUVAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, William R. Huval, George Huval, Fred Huval, Paul Huval, Roderick Roy, Tommy D. Kershaw and T.G. Welch, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newman, Thibodeaux & Marshall, H. Gayle Marshall, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Stuart, G. Tim Alexander, III, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tommy Rutledge, De Quincy, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and KNOLL, JJ.


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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