La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1037

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1037, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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Action instituted separately

Official statutory text

When a person does not assert in an incidental demand the action which he has against a party to the principal action or a third person, he does not thereby lose his right of action, except as provided in Article 1113, and except as provided in Article 1061.

Acts 1990, No. 521, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

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