PELTO OIL CO. v. COLLECTOR OF REVENUE

Nos. 82 CA 0365-82 CA 0368.

424 So.2d 1221 (1982)

PELTO OIL COMPANY v. COLLECTOR OF REVENUE, State of Louisiana. The SOUTH COAST CORPORATION v. Joseph N. TRAIGLE, Collector of Revenue, Dept. of Revenue, State of Louisiana. EXCHANGE OIL AND GAS CORPORATION v. Joseph N. TRAIGLE, Collector of Revenue, Dept. of Revenue, State of Louisiana. CHEVRON OIL COMPANY v. Joseph N. TRAIGLE, Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writs Granted February 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon O. Ewin, Harry R. Holladay, and Peter R. Monrose, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants The South Coast Corp. and Exchange Oil and Gas Corp.

Thomas C. Keller, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Pelto Oil Co.

Charles A. Snyder and J. Grant Coleman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Chevron Oil Co.

Trudy M. White, Dept. of Revenue & Taxation Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Joseph N. Traigle, Collector of Revenue.

Before LOTTINGER, COLE and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of plaintiffs' suits for abandonment by the failure of the plaintiffs or defendant to take any steps in the prosecution (or defense) in the trial court for a period of five years. LSA-C.C.P. art. 561. We amend and affirm.

The primary issue to be decided is whether negotiations and correspondence between counsel for plaintiffs and counsel for defendant constitute a step in the prosecution or defense of these...

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