Housing Authority of New Orleans v. Haynes

hi fully and respectfully concur in the decision of the majority to reverse the trial court’s judgment. I write separately, however, to emphasize what I have repeatedly noticed on appeals and in writ application before us: apparent deficiencies in the handling of evictions in the trial courts of this circuit, especially the city courts of this city.

Eviction suits are subject to special procedures primarily set forth in Articles 4701, et seq., of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure; superimposed on those procedures are the rules of evidence contained primarily in the Louisiana Code of…