Legal Opinion
Nora v. Stanford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 14, 1994No. 93-C-3061PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
633 So.2d 1209 (1994)
V.C. NORA, Jr.
v.
Lewis STANFORD, John L. Davis and Occidental Fire and Casualty Company.
No. 93-C-3061.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 14, 1994.
2Per curiam
Application granted.
When the plaintiff presents evidence sufficient for confirmation of a default judgment, but fails to present the formal judgment to the trial court for nine years, La.Code Civ. Proc. art. 561 applies, and the action is properly dismissed as abandoned because of non-prosecution of five years. This is a different situation than in Barton v. Burbank, 138 La. 997, 71 So. 134 (1916) and Bryant v. Travelers Ins.…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Barton v. BurbankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Bryant v. Travelers Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Nora v. StanfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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