Cajun Beverage, Inc. v. American National Can Co.

LeBLANC, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a district court judgment ordering that an out-of-state judgment be made executory in Louisiana. Appellant, Cajun Beverage, Inc., argues the trial court erred in rendering this judgment since it never was given notice of the filing of the petition to make the Texas judgment executory.

In Louisiana, a foreign judgment may be made executory against a judgment debtor in Louisiana either through an ordinary proceeding, with citation and service to the debtor, or through special proceedings provided in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, which allows…