Legal Opinion
Entrada Co. v. Pressley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 2, 2015No. 50,261-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
hAt issue in this suit to establish a right of passage is whether the judgment that dismissed an earlier suit with prejudice on the grounds of abandonment can serve as the basis for the exception of res judicata. Concluding that it cannot, under the circumstances of this case, we reverse.
*619FACTS
On February 21, 2006, Entrada Company, LLC, filed suit (“first suit”) to obtain a right of passage across three tracts of land in Ouachita Parish. Entrada asserted that it had no access to a public road from its property.
Entrada filed motions for summary judgment in May and November of 2007; these were…
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