Hapax, Inc. v. Succession of Glapion

WARD, Judge.

Hapax, Inc. sued Sara M. Glapion and the Succession of her late husband, Alton A. Glapion, on a $162,000.00 promissory note payable to Hapax, seeking payment of the note plus interest and attorney fees and recognition of collateral mortgages securing the note. The case was tried before a judge who denied a defense motion to dismiss at the close of the plaintiff’s case. Nonetheless, after the plaintiff had rested its case and the defendants had presented three witnesses, the defendants again moved for dismissal, asserting a peremptory exception of no right of action claiming that…