Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2004

Lewis v. Compass

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided October 29, 2004 · Deny, Johnson, Kimball, Writ

885 So. 2d 562; 2004 La. LEXIS 3154 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Smith v. Quarles Drilling Co. (La. 2004)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Writ Granted. As Judge Murray notes in her dissent in the court of appeal, because the determinative facts on the prescription issue are not disputed and because the prescription issue is a legal one, the trial court abused its discretion in referring the exception of prescription to the merits. Accordingly, the trial court order referring the exception of prescription to the merits is reversed and the case is remanded to the trial court for trial of the peremptory exception of prescription.

KIMBALL and JOHNSON, JJ., would deny the writ.

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