Bailes v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

The majority has recalled the writ granted in this case on the basis that the application for writ of certiorari was not timely filed. Relying upon a harsh, technical rule, it has thus precluded for these litigants the consideration of the important issue of this case when the same issue was considered and decided February 21, 1972, in Graham v. American Casualty Company, 261 La. 85, 259 So.2d 22, and that issue is pending under two other writs of certiorari which we have granted.

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