Legal Opinion

Champagne v. Moity

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 7, 1974No. 6461Published

1Opinion of the Court

REDMANN, Judge.

This appeal questions the sufficiency of the evidence to annul an earlier default judgment on a demand bearer note, for $75,000 principal, 8% interest and 33j/3% attorney’s fees.1

The note was allegedly given to defendant Moity as the price of a transfer in the form of a sale of property in full ownership, which Moity testified was intended to be only an assignment of a mineral lease. Moity did not own the property, but had had a mineral lease on it. The lease had had a 90-day term, extendable only by drilling or reworking. Moity had not done any drilling or reworking. Moity…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Licoho Enterprises, Inc. v. Succession of ChampagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. Licoho Enterprises, Inc. v. Succession of ChampagneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972

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