context: All the actions enumerated in La. C.C. art. 3494 originate from contractual relationships. For that reason, the courts have uniformly rejected attempts to circumvent that article's three-year prescriptive period by categorizing the entire action as sounding in breach of contract. Starns [v.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 538 So.2d 275, 277
citation_a.parenthetical: rejecting such an attempt to avoid the three-year period for actions to recover rent under La. C.C. art. 3494(2
citation_a.sentence: Emmons, 538 So.2d 275, 277 (La.1989) ], supra (rejecting such an attempt to avoid the three-year period for actions to recover rent under La. C.C. art. 3494(2)); see also Dear v. Mabile, 93-1188 (La.App. 1 Cir. 5/20/94), 637 So.2d 745 (applying reasoning in Starns, supra, to reject argument three-year period in La. C.C. art. 3494(4) for suits on open account should not apply since a contract theory was also asserted).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: applying reasoning in Starns, supra, to reject argument three-year period in La. C.C. art. 3494(4
citation_b.sentence: Emmons, 538 So.2d 275, 277 (La.1989) ], supra (rejecting such an attempt to avoid the three-year period for actions to recover rent under La. C.C. art. 3494(2)); see also Dear v. Mabile, 93-1188 (La.App. 1 Cir. 5/20/94), 637 So.2d 745 (applying reasoning in Starns, supra, to reject argument three-year period in La. C.C. art. 3494(4) for suits on open account should not apply since a contract theory was also asserted).