Legal Opinion

Keenan v. Whitehead

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1860PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of St. John the Baptist,

1Opinion of the Court

Merrick, O. J.

There is a motion in this case to dismiss the appeal.

The prayer of the petition is for the sum of $1,500, and general relief. The judgment, which was rendered in March last, is for $1,500, “ with interest from the 15th day of December, at the rate of five per cent, per annum,” &c., the year being omitted.

The defendant was allowed a suspensive appeal, upon giving his bond with good and solvent security according to law. He executed a bond on the 22d of March, ] 860, in the sum of $2,250, the proper amount for a suspensive appeal from a judgment for $1,5C0 without interest, but…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Poydras v. PatinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1833
  2. Parks v. PattenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
  3. Ross v. PargoudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1830
  4. State v. Atchafalaya Rail Road & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1843

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pan-American Bank & Trust Co. v. RansomSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
  2. Red Cross Lumber Co. v. Frank I. Abbott Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  3. Lochbaum v. Southwestern Box & Lumber Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  4. Derbes v. Dixie Mill Supply Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
  5. Derbes v. Dixie Mill Supply Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930

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