Melancon v. First Nat. Bank of Mission

SMITH, Justice.

In this case appellants filed in the court below their, affidavit of inability to pay the costs of appeal, and prayed for an order allowing them to appeal upon said affidavit in lieu of bond. The affidavit was duly controverted by appellee, and upon a hearing the trial judge found that the “facts contained in the affidavit * ⅜ ⅛. are untrue,” and denied appellants’ prayer for an appeal upon said affidavit. Appellants did not pursue their remedy of mandamus, but sought to appeal directly from the order denying appeal in forma pauperis.

The order upon which appellants base their…