Legal Opinion
Guttuso v. Jax Federal Credit Union
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 5, 1972No. 5199PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEMMON, Judge.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether attorney’s fees are due on a promissory note.
Salvador J. Guttuso, maker of the note, commenced these proceedings by filing a petition for a declaratory judgment. He alleged that Jax Federal Credit Union, the payee, after accepting the last eight monthly payments on the note after the due date without penalty or protest, referred the note to its attorney for collection on February 4, 1971 without prior notice that payment would be required on the due date. Further alleging he had made all subsequent payments timely, Guttuso sought a…
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