GULF STATES LAND & DEV., INC. v. OUACHITA NAT. BANK

Nos. 29134-CA, 29135-CA and 29136-CA.

705 So.2d 189 (1997)

GULF STATES LAND AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The OUACHITA NATIONAL BANK IN MONROE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied September 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by J. Michael Hart, Sharon I. Marchman, Monroe, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Winstead, Sechrest & Minick by Wesley W. Steen, Baton Rouge, Shotwell, Brown & Sperry by George Wear, Jr., Monroe, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Philips by Harry Philips, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee.

Boles, Boles & Ryan by Lawrence Scott Patton, Monroe, for Intervenor, Regions Bank.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and STEWART, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

This litigation spans nearly a decade. A group of individuals and their corporation, Gulf States Land & Development, Inc., sued the defendant-bank for breach of contract, extortion and defamation in connection with the Bank's failure to fulfill a loan commitment to develop a subdivision. The Bank sued the Gulf States parties for non-payment of 41 promissory notes. When the air cleared, there were judgments in favor of all parties. With certain amendments...

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