Rapides Credit Men's Ass'n v. Core

ELLIS, Judge.

The plaintiff brought this suit on an assignment from a law firm which covers a claim for attorney fees.

The defendant filed a plea of prescription which was upheld by the lower court and the suit dismissed.

From this judgment the plaintiff has appealed.

Article 5 of the petition shows a plea of estoppel and res judicata was filed on behalf of the defendant herein in a suit against him in the Parish of Vernon. This said suit was dismissed on February 18, 1954, and a judgment was signed the same day.

The plaintiff takes the position that the judgment signed on the 18th day of…