Legal Opinion

Vitale v. Checker Cab Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 17, 1927No. 11,017PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

WESTERFIELD, J.

Plaintiff has appealed suspensively from a judgment on a rule to tax costs. Defendant moves to dismiss upon the ground that the amount is below the jurisdiction of this court, and the judgment on rule inseparable from the judgment upon the main demand, from which only a devolutive, and not a suspensive appeal, was taken.

The appeal must be dismissed. A judgment upon a rule to tax Costs is not a final judgment. Morries vs. Zeller, 4th Orl. App. 411. It is interlocutory and forms part of the original judgment. It need not be signed. Norries vs. Zeller (supra).

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Whitney Iron Works Co. v. ReussSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
  2. State ex rel. Cunningham v. LazarusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Borenstein v. Joseph Fein Caterers, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970

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