N.A. Simmons & Associates, Inc. v. Francois

CIACCIO, Judge.

On December 6, 1990, Gordon & Osie Francois (Francois) domicilaries of the State of Georgia, filed a petition to annul a default judgment rendered against them on May 17, 1990. The judgment was in the amount of $20,017.00 plus $1,500.00 attorneys’ fees. The judgment further declared the nullity of a lease and option agreement they had granted on their former residence in New Orleans.

Francois alleged that the judgment had been obtained by ill practice, C.C.P. art. 2004, on the part of plaintiff, N.A. Simmons & Associates, Inc., a professional law corporation, and its counsel of…