BULOT v. JUSTICE

No. 87-CA-764.

524 So.2d 269 (1988)

Joseph BULOT and Rene Jacomine v. William JUSTICE and Raoul "Skip" Galan, Clerk of Court, 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Monroe Stephenson, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Joseph F. Roy, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.

Before KLIEBERT, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Clerk of Court of Jefferson Parish, from an adverse judgment in a suit to recover funds lost through ommissions of the Clerk's Office. Because we find no error on the part of the trial judge in holding the Clerk's Office liable, we affirm that portion of the judgment. However, because we also find that this judgment is erroneous in casting the individual clerks in judgment personally, as well as to interest, we amend it to...

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