Joeffroy v. Succession of Arceneaux

ROY B. TUCK, Jr., Judge Pro Tem.

This case arises from the efforts of the heirs of the naked owners of a plot of land *1282and a house to recover from the succession of the usufructuary certain unpaid ad valo-rem property taxes and the cost of maintenance and repairs allegedly not made by the usufructuary during his lifetime. The defendant succession, through counsel for the succession representative, filed a preemptory exception of prescription asserting that the action was filed more than one (1) year after the termination of the usufruct and was, accordingly, barred by prescription. After a…