Gillaspie v. Mittelbronn

SCHOTT, Judge.

This case is a sequel to Gillaspie v. Mittelbronn, 326 So.2d 538 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1976) in which the background of this litigation was presented in detail, and all except one of the claims asserted by plaintiff were resolved. The remaining claim was for $17,995.75 allegedly loaned by plaintiff to Dr. Mittelbronn on May 6, 1969.

In our previous opinion we were confronted with a record which contained some support for plaintiff’s claim, but the evidence was not sufficient for us to hold that the trial judge committed manifest error in rejecting the claim. However, the trial judge…