Case Name: COMBANK/SEMINOLE COUNTY v. Vincent and Barbara MATHERNE, d/b/a The Sportsman's Cove
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1981-01-20
Citations: 394 So. 2d 293
Docket Number: No. 12249
Parties: COMBANK/SEMINOLE COUNTY v. Vincent and Barbara MATHERNE, d/b/a The Sportsman’s Cove.
Judges: Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and KLIE-BERT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 394
Pages: 293–294

Head Matter:
COMBANK/SEMINOLE COUNTY v. Vincent and Barbara MATHERNE, d/b/a The Sportsman’s Cove.
No. 12249.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Jan. 20, 1981.
Linda S. A. Burke, New Orleans, for relator.
Harry J. Morel, Jr., Boutte, for respondent.
Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and KLIE-BERT, JJ.

Opinion:
BOUTALL, Judge.
The trial judge denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, finding there was an issue of fact and setting the case for trial on the merits. Plaintiff has applied to us for writs, averring it should not be forced to a trial on the merits because the record mandates summary judgment.
Applicant mis-states to us that Schlumbrecht v. Executive Offices, etc., 371 So.2d 389 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1979) involved summary judgment. That case involved an application for writs from the overruling of an exception of prescription. Because reversal by us would end the litigation, we treated the application as an appeal. However we cannot follow that procedure here. C.C.P. Art. 968 prohibits the taking of an appeal from the refusal to render a summary judgment.
The application for writs is denied.