DESSELLE v. MOREAUVILLE STATE BANK

No. 88-771.

553 So.2d 1067 (1989)

Howard J. DESSELLE, Jr., et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOREAUVILLE STATE BANK (Mansura State Bank), Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Sheffield, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff, Gerald Schiff, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Before DOMENGEAUX, YELVERTON and KING, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a dispute over attorney's fees due for the collection of a promissory note. The debtors, Howard and Joyce Desselle, filed this suit for injunctive relief when the creditor, Mansura State Bank, refused to accept as payment in full the tender of the principal and interest due, contending it was also entitled to twenty-five percent attorney's fees stipulated in the note.

The trial judge granted the relief prayed for, ordering Mansura...

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