Legal Opinion
C & D Pressure Testing, Inc. v. Estate of Darbonne
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 15, 1985No. 84-375PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOMENGEAUX, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, C & D Pressure Testing, Inc., instituted this lawsuit against the Succession of Herman Darbonne seeking payment of six loans it had made to the decedent. Herman Darbonne, now deceased, allegedly borrowed a total of $40,-501.07 from the plaintiff corporation in order to pay off obligations he owed to the American Bank & Trust Company of Opel-ousas.
The district court held that the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence under the provisions of La.R.S. 13:3721 and 3722 (the dead man’s statute) to recover on three of the six loans. The trial court opined that…
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