Waters v. Keever

LABORDE, Judge.

In this appeal the sole specification of error is whether the Sulphur City Court acted prematurely and without jurisdiction when it rendered a default judgment *869against the defendant nine days after citation and service of process while the defendant, under LSA-C.C.P. art. 4915, was entitled to ten days to answer the petition.

This suit was instituted by Johnnie Waters, who claimed that Steve Keever, was indebted to him in the amount of $406.29. Service of citation occurred on January 10, 1983 and judgment was entered on January 20, 1983. Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article…