Shillingford v. Holmes

In this writ application relator, the City of New Orleans, complains the trial court erred in overruling its exceptions of prescription and no cause of action. We agree. While such orders are interlocutory judgments over which this Court does not ordinarily exercise its supervisory jurisdiction, writs should, nonetheless, be granted when it is clear that the plaintiff cannot prevail on the merits; such action is dictated by considerations of efficient judicial administration and fundamental fairness to litigants. Mangin v. Auter, 360 So.2d 577 (La.App.1978). The instant petition, on its face,…