Legal Opinion
Purchase Corp. v. Starkes
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 26, 1990No. 89-CA-1833PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLOTKIN, Judge.
Plaintiff, Purchase Corporation, a nonresident, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of its action against defendant Carol L. Starkes on an exception of lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We reverse and remand to the trial court for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
On December 30, 1983, defendant Carol Starkes and her co-defendant former husband, M. Thomas Starkes, purchased property in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, from plaintiff Purchase Corporation. Simultaneously, defendants executed two promissory notes totaling $74,500 in favor of…
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