Wischer v. Madison Realty Company

SANDERS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review a judgment of the Court of Appeal 1 maintaining a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the record was not filed in the appellate court on or before the return day set out in the order granting the appeal, or within any lawfully granted extension.

This is a petitory action in which plaintiffs seek to be recognized as the owners of certain land located in Jefferson Parish. Judgment was rendered against plaintiffs on May 29, 1959, and an order of devolutive appeal was granted to plaintiffs returnable to the Supreme Court on…