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Rule 243. Unliquidated Demands

TEXT

If the claim is unliquidated or be not proved by an instrument in writing, the court shall hear evidence as to damages and shall render judgment therefor, unless the defendant shall demand and be entitled to a trial by jury in which case the judgment by default shall be noted, a writ of inquiry awarded, and the cause entered on the jury docket.

Source: Art. 2157, unchanged.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.

AMENDMENTS

March 31, 1941, eff. Sept. 1, 1941