Steckler v. Continental Oil Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit in the Parish of Evangeline seeking judgment against defendant for the sum of $4,000 alleged to be due under the terms of a contract entered into between the parties litigant on January 18, 1941. By supplemental petition plaintiff also prays for an additional $1,000 as attorney’s fees.

The defendant first filed an exception to the jurisdiction ratione persona which was overruled. The case was then tried on the merits under a stipulation of facts and judgment was rendered for plaintiff as prayed for. From this judgment defendant has appealed.

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