Legal Opinion
Harris v. Jackson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 26, 1983No. Nos. 83 CM 0656, 83 CA 0853PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORTESS, Judge.
Walter Harris (appellee) filed a motion to dismiss1 the unlodged appeal of Louella Ross Jackson and Olivia Jackson Jones (appellants) on the grounds that it was not timely perfected. The trial court rendered a decision after trial on September 8, 1982, but judgment was not signed until September 24, 1982. At that time, Alfred W. Spiller, Jr., was counsel of record for appellants, and he was mailed a copy of the judgment. Soon thereafter, appellants retained E. Wade Shows to represent them. On October 1,1982, Shows enrolled as counsel of record for appellants2 and filed a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Belanger v. Great American Indemnity Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Cox v. Southern Colonial Inv., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Townsend v. GrahamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- Marr v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Dumas v. Angus Chemical Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
- Newman v. Chamber of Commerce of KentwoodLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Harris v. JacksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999