Joiner v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

LeSUEUR, Judge.

This controversy was first brought to trial in the First City Court of the City of New Orleans (Docket No. 71-026). There, the Housing Authority (HANO) secured a judgment on a rule for posses*197sion brought against the plaintiff. The plaintiff responded to this judgment by suing to enjoin enforcement in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, alleging improper service.

HANO lodged exceptions to the suit and these were maintained by the trial court. The plaintiffs have appealed.

The exceptions were predicated, first, upon the premise that this suit is, in its essence, a…