State v. Campesi

MOTION TO DISMISS

YELVERTON, Judge.

The defendant-appellee, Salvatore J. Campisi [defendant-appellee’s spelling], moves to dismiss the devolutive appeal of the plaintiff-appellant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, on the ground that the appeal was not timely perfected under LSA-R.S. 19:13.

The appeal is from an expropriation judgment awarding the defendant more than what was tendered by the plaintiff.

Under LSA-R.S. 19:13, the delays for taking a devolutive appeal from an expropriation proceeding judgment commence to run upon the signing of the…