Legal Opinion
Penalber v. Blount
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 16, 1981No. 14335PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COVINGTON, Judge.
ON SHOW CAUSE ORDER TO DISMISS APPEAL
In this tort suit, plaintiff was awarded the principal sum of $14,500. The Livingston Parish Police Jury was the party cast in judgment. Because of the apparent, unusual time lapse between the date of judgment, January 29, 1980, and the filing of the Police Jury’s petition for a suspensive appeal, November 4, 1980, (the order was signed November 24, 1980), we issued an order for the appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. Appellant and appellee have filed briefs on this issue.
The key issue is whether the…
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