Legal Opinion
Theisges v. Boudreaux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 2, 1999No. 99-CC-1458PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
747 So.2d 4 (1999)
Donald THEISGES
v.
Nathan BOUDREAUX, et al.
No. 99-CC-1458.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 2, 1999.
Granted. Acts 1997, No. 1221 Section 2 provides that the amendment to La.Code Civ.P. art. 561 providing for a three year period of abandonment "shall become effective on July 1, 1998 and shall apply to all pending actions." Plaintiff failed to take any action in the suit for the three years before July 1, 1998, causing the suit to become abandoned on that date. See Bourgeois v. Veal, 99-0786 (La.5/7/99), 740 So.2d 1291. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and…
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