Roberts v. Houston Fire & Casualty Co.

Our decision on the merits herein was rendered on October 27th. We have previously on November 18th denied an application for rehearing filed timely on behalf of the defendants-appellants.

A question remaining before us concerns whether an application for rehearing was made timely by the plaintiff-appellee.

The general rule is that an application for rehearing must be filed on or before the fourteenth calendar day after (but not including) the date of receipt of notice of judgment. Uniform Rules, Courts of Appeal (1963) Rule XI, Section 1, 8 LSA-R.S.; Jefferson v. Jefferson, 244 La. 493, 153…