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RUSSELL v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO.

No. 96-CA-308.

683 So.2d 772 (1996)

Shirley Lebreton RUSSELL v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, and Mary Rosa Prieto, Wife of/and Emanuel G. Defraites.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Granted January 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Charles Miester, III, Eric Oliver Person, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

William W. Hall, Metairie, Judith A. Defraites, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees (Mary Rosa Prieto, wife of/and Emanuel G. Defraites).

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM, and GOTHARD, JJ.

GOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirley Lebreton Russell, appeals a judgment of the trial court granting a petition to annul a default judgment confirmed against defendants Mary Rosa Prieto Defraites and Emanuel G. Defraites. For the following reasons, we reverse.

This action began on June 18, 1990 with the filing of a petitory action and petition for declaratory judgment filed by Ms. Russell against the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (Illinois), and Mr...

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