9.1 General Principles

Even if the rent is overdue, a landlord can only evict a tenant through judicial process.1  An eviction judgment after a self-help eviction does not cure the wrongful eviction.2

A landlord who executes an eviction judgment that is subsequently reversed on devolutive appeal may be liable for wrongful eviction.3

• 1See, e.g., Richard v. Broussard, 495 So. 2d 1291, 1293 n.1 (La. 1986); Horacek v. Watson, 2011-1345 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2012), 86 So. 3d 766; Platinum City LLC v. Boudreaux, 2011-559 (La. App. 3 Cir. 11/23/11), 81 So. 3d 780; Holmes v. DiLeo, 184 So. 356 (Orl. App. 1938); Vogt v. Jannarelli, 198 So. 421 (Orl. App. 1940).
• 2Pelleteri v. Caspian Grp., 2002-2141, 2002-2142 (La. App. 4 Cir. 07/02/03), 851 So. 2d 1230.
• 3See, e.g., Mangelle v. Abadie, 19 So. 670 (La. 1896); New Orleans Hat Attack, Inc. v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 95-CA-0055, 95-CA-0056 (La. App. 4 Cir. 11/30/95), 665 So. 2d 1186; see also Smith v. Shirley, 2001-1249 (La. App. 3 Cir. 02/06/02), 815 So. 2d 980.