Legal Opinion
Sterling v. Urban Property Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1990No. 89-CA-1970PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
562 So.2d 1120 (1990)
Charmayne STERLING
v.
URBAN PROPERTY COMPANY.
No. 89-CA-1970.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
May 31, 1990.
Robert A. Caplan, Lewis & Caplan, New Orleans, for appellee.
Kenneth A. Williams, Houston, Tex., for appellant.
Before LOBRANO, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.
LOBRANO, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff's claim is based in tort or breach of contract. The trial court held it was clearly a tort action and thus the one year prescriptive period had tolled. Plaintiff argues that this was error and that the ten-year period for breach of contract is…
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