Bell v. Fiat Distributors, Inc.

SARTAIN, Judge.

Under the exercise of our supervisory jurisdiction we granted writs in the instant case to examine the ruling of the trial judge sustaining a declinatory exception of improper venue filed on behalf of two defendants herein.

The succinct facts relevant to this matter are that plaintiff filed suit in the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge against four defendants all of whom he alleged to be jointly and solidarily liable to him in redhibition as a result of the sale of a defective automobile. Defendants Fiat Distributors, Inc. (hereinafter referred to…