Bahr v. Wood

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

Plaintiff appealed a judgment sustaining defendant’s plea of prescription and dismissing a suit on a promissory note. For the reasons hereinafter explained, we reverse.

On January 30, 1986 Ramona Bahr sued Arlowayne Wood for the balance allegedly due on a promissory note dated November 3, 1977, for $4500, due one year from date. Defendant filed a plea of five years prescription, asserting the promissory note prescribed on November 3, 1983. By supplemental petition, plaintiff alleged that in February 1982, and on other occasions, defendant acknowledged her indebtedness…