MADDEN v. MADDEN

No. 13396.

353 So.2d 1079 (1977)

Winifred Leshe MADDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reid R. MADDEN, III, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethard & Davis by Henry W. Bethard, III, Coushatta, for plaintiff-appellant.

Whitehead & McCoy by C. R. Whitehead, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and MARVIN, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment sustaining a peremptory exception of one-year prescription filed by defendant and dismissing this suit to recover the value of personal belongings allegedly "wrongfully confiscated" by the defendant.

Appellant's principal specification of error is that this action is governed by the ten-year prescriptive period for personal actions provided in LSA-C.C. Art. 3544 because the cause of action arises out of a breach...

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