Evans v. Hamner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
The question in this case is whether a certain judgment, rendered on June 21, 1920, for the principal sum of $308.70, is now prescribed by the lapse of ten years, under the provisions of article 3547 of the Civil Code. If the judgment is not prescribed its amount now, with the 8 per cent interest and 10 per cent attorney’s fee stipulated in the judgment, has grown to $1,014.78.
Article 3547 of the Civil Code provides that all judgments for money, whether rendered in this state or elsewhere, shall be prescribed by the lapse of ten years from the date oh which the judgment…
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