Swan v. Mayer

ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL AND ON MERITS

Before YARRUT, SAMUEL and JOHNSON, JJ. SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit on a negotiable promissory note executed by the two defendants as makers. The petition prays for judgment against the defendants, in solido, in the full amount of the alleged balance due, together with a reasonable attorney’s fee and costs.

On the day the suit was filed one of the defendants, Louis Gureasko, paid one-half of the alleged balance; subsequently Gure-asko filed an answer to the petition admitting the allegations, alleging the payment of one-half of the balance due and…