Court Opinion

ID: 9692501
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 15:55:52.737193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:34.919796
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McCALEB, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I am of the opinion that the Court erred in the instant matter in refusing to pass on the constitutionality of Ordinance No. 2876. It is true that no special plea to its constitutionality was offered in the district court. Nevertheless, replication is specifically prohibited in this State. Article 852 CCP. (This prohibition was also contained in the former Code of Practice, Article 329.) Consequently, all new allegations of the answer are open to every objection of law and fact without a special plea. Roy O. Martin Lbr. Co. v. Hodge-Hunt Lbr. Co., 190 La. 84, 181 So. 865; Galiano v. Galiano, 213 La. 332, 34 So.2d 881; and City of New Orleans v. Leeco, 219 La. 550, 53 So.2d 490. This rule was especially applicable in this case, where it appears that the fact of the passage of the ordinance, on which the defendant relies, did not occur until after a judgment had been rendered in plaintiff’s favor.
I respectfully dissent.