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381 So. 2d 513

Trahan v. Demarcey

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided August 27, 1979

Louisiana Court of Appeal · decided 1979-08-27

Relies on Foster v. Breaux · 238 So. 2d 803 - Foster v. Breaux

Decided 1979-08-27

PONDER, Judge.

¶1This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from an interlocutory judgment overruling an exception to venue.

¶2Code of Civil Procedure Article 2083 provides that an appeal may be taken from an interlocutory judgment which may cause irreparable harm. Appellant in this case made a strong argument that irreparable injury was present because prescription would be a serious question if venue is not proper.

¶3We are unable to grant any relief because the exception to venue was filed after a preliminary default was taken. Under Code of Civil Procedure Article 928 the declinatory and dilatory exceptions must be pleaded prior to answer or judgment by default. This means that the right to object to venue is waived when a preliminary default has been entered. Foster v. Breaux, 238 So.2d 803 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1970), reversed on other grounds, 270 So.2d 526 (La. 1972).

¶4For these reasons the motion to dismiss is granted at appellants’ costs.

¶5MOTION GRANTED.

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