No. 7027 Precedential Dismissed Processed

Burguieres v. Burguieres

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed June 11, 1975 · 314 So. 2d 411

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., April 17, 1967 198 So. 2d 700; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., May 14, 1917 14 Teiss. 346; La., April 15, 1878 30 La. 852; La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., October 19, 1979 373 So. 2d 595

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REDMANN, Judge. From a judgment “maintaining” exceptions of res judicata and judicial estoppel (and staying further proceedings) “pending the outcome of the appeal in . Burguieres v. The J. M. Burguieres Co. Ltd.” (since decided, - So.2d -, but not yet definitive, C.C.P. art. 2167), plaintiff took an appeal which on defendant’s motion we dismiss. The clear intent of the judgment was merely to stay proceedings, on the theory that the earlier litigation against a corporation determined the basic question in this case (compliance with R.S. 12:102B) unfavorably to plaintiff. So interpreted, the judgment as a stay of proceedings is not appealable, C.C.P. art. 2083, because not a final judgment (since not determinative of the merits in whole or part, C.C.P. art. 1841) nor an irreparably injurious interlocutory judgment. *412 We further note that, if we were to treat plaintiff’s attempted appeal as an application for writs, we would concur in the district judge’s stay order as efficient judicial administration. The appeal is dismissed.