Leiter Minerals, Inc. v. California Co.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendants-appellants, the California Company, et al., having perfected an appeal to this Court from the District Court’s judgment against them and in favor of the plaintiff, the Leiter Minerals, Inc., have now filed a motion to transfer to the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans because of “a serious question affecting [our appellate] jurisdiction” which counsel say they feel impelled to raise — although, due to the unusual circumstances of the case, they felt bound to lodge the appeal here.

It appears that the plaintiff’s author in title, Thomas Leiter, by…