HOWERY v. LINTON

No. 16247-CA.

452 So.2d 295 (1984)

Celia HOWERY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William LINTON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland V. McKneely, Jr., Bossier City, for defendants-appellants.

Loridans, Beresko & Loridans by Alfred R. Beresko, Bossier City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PRICE, C.J., and MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

From a default judgment for damages allegedly inflicted by a battery upon plaintiff, defendant appeals, questioning the sufficiency and admissibility of the evidence and the award of $5,000 in general damages and $228 in special damages.1 We affirm.

CCP Art. 1702 requires a plaintiff who proceeds at the default of defendant to prove a "prima facie case." This means that the plaintiff must prove the essential allegations...

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