INTERDICTION OF STEPHENS

No. 85-610.

488 So.2d 426 (1986)

INTERDICTION OF Oscar A. STEPHENS. Donald STEPHENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hazel STEPHENS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Whitehead, Jr., Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gahagan & Gahagan, Fred S. Gahagan, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee.

Before STOKER, KING and COX, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

Donald Stephens appeals from a judgment dismissing his suit to annul the interdiction of his father, now deceased. The trial judge determined that Donald's action, which was based on a lack of jurisdictional venue by the interdicting court, was barred by res judicata, and he dismissed the claim. We affirm the dismissal, but on different grounds.

Donald's father, Oscar Stephens, was interdicted by a judgment of November 3, 1981, after he was...

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