Lafayette v. Farr

This is a petitory action, in which the plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment rejecting their demand. The appellees have moved to dismiss the appeal for the reason, first, that the warrantors of the defendant’s title for the land in dispute, who are the real defendants in the suit, were not cited to answer the appeal; and, second, that the appeal bond was not filed within the year allowed for taking an appeal.

The petition for appeal was filed two days before the expiration of the year after the judgment was signed; and, on the same day on which the petition was filed, the judge signed…