SEWELL, SEWELL, OTTO AND SEWELL v. 20TH CENTURY HOMES, INC.

No. CA-4994.

496 So.2d 1094 (1986)

SEWELL, SEWELL, OTTO AND SEWELL v. 20TH CENTURY HOMES, INC. and Sanco-Louisiana, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Widmer, Jr., Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellants Sewell, Sewell, Otto and Sewell.

Alvin J. Dupre, Jr., Morphy, Faulkner & Dimaria, Metairie, for defendants-appellants Sanco-Louisiana, Inc. and Jim Howard.

R. Ray Orrill, Jr., New Orleans, intervenor.

Before GULOTTA, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a suit brought by plaintiffs, Sewell, Sewell, Otto & Sewell, to enforce a compromise agreement which they had previously entered into with defendants, Sanco-Louisiana, Inc. and Jim Howard, Sanco's general manager. The trial court held that defendants had failed to comply with the terms of the written agreement and awarded plaintiffs $15,000 in liquidated damages, plus $1,000 in attorney's fees.

On appeal, defendants...

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