Baddock v. Louisiana State Department of Highways

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, on April 20, 1960, filed this suit which is self-styled at the beginning of their petition, “Suit for Declaratory Judgment Relief Under L.R.S. 13:4231 et seq. And Other Relief.” Plaintiffs’ suit insofar as it seeks a declaratory judgment was controlled at the date of its filing by the provisions of LSA-R.S. 13:4231-4246 which provisions were repealed by the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, which became effective January 1st, 1961, and the cited provisions were re-enacted in Articles 1871 to 1883, inclusive, of the LSA-Code of Civil Procedure.

However, in order…