Mansur v. Abraham

LB BLANC, Judge.

I respectfully dissent from the ruling of the majority of the court on the plea of prescription presented on behalf of the defendants in these cases.

The articles of the Civil Code which govern and have to be considered on this plea are articles 3536, 353T, 3467, and 3469.

The first of these articles fixes the period of prescription:

“The following actions are also prescribed by one year:

“That for injurious words * * * and that for damages * * * resulting from offenses or quasi offenses. * * * ”

The second mentioned article fixes the starting date of the period of prescription in…