Legal Opinion

Burt v. Smisson

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 17, 1925No. 2059PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON RULE BY DEFENDANTS TO TAX COSTS.

CARVER, J.

Defendants in the above entitled and numbered cause took a rule on plaintiff to tax as costs the suit the fees of one W. E. Martin amounting to $50.00.

From a judgment rendered in their favor against plaintiff, taxing said amount as costs, plaintiff appeals.

Defendants (plaintiff-in-rule) moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the •amount in dispute is less than the lower -limit of this court’s jurisdiction, and also because the record contains no evidence or statement of facts; and they also ask for 20% on the amount of the judgment as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Mutual Building & Homestead Ass'n v. Judges of the Court of AppealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. Allen v. ArnouilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
  3. New Orleans Improvement & Banking Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1846

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Palmer v. Wyatt Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
  2. Alcock v. FutrellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931

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