Legal Opinion
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Smith
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 2, 1981No. 11945PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
399 So.2d 1285 (1981)
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
v.
Allen P. SMITH.
No. 11945.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
June 2, 1981.
Tucker & Schonekas, Arthur S. Mann, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.
John L. Dorsey, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and KLIEBERT, JJ.
REDMANN, Judge.
Louisiana's statutory "public policy," that "can not, and shall not be waived by a debtor," La.R.S. 13:4107, is that a debt "shall stand fully satisfied and discharged insofar as it constitutes a personal obligation of the debtor," R.S. 13:4106, whenever the creditor…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Simmons v. ClarkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953
- Louisiana Bank and Trust Co., Crowley v. BoutteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Southland Inv. Co. v. Motor Sales Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. SpalittaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Louisiana National Bank of Baton Rouge v. HeromanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Gulf Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. MulderigDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
- Domingues Motors, Inc. v. LalondeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
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