Fogleman v. Crowley Building & Loan Ass'n

TATE, Judge.

This is a mandamus suit. After hearing, the trial court dismissed it, with its oral reasons for ruling transcribed.

The court notices of its own motion that this appeal is premature and must be dismissed. Although there is a minute entry that judgment is granted in favor of the defendants, there is no written judgment to this effect, signed by the district judge in open court. ' LSA-CCP Art. 1911.

No appeal lies from a judgment before it is signed, and an appeal taken prior to signing is premature and must be dismissed. Gay v. Gay, La.App. 3 Cir., 193 So.2d 537; Tolbert v. Thomas,…