Legal Opinion

Succession of Serres

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 2, 1914No. 20436PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; T. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Succession of Jean Serres. From a judgment sustaining exceptions.to petition of Mrs. Catherine Dautch Bordes, she appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.

BREAUX, C. J.

[1] On motion to dismiss appeal taken by Mrs. Catherine Dautch Bordes.

The gravamen of the motion is that defendant in motion does not have the least ground for an appeal; in the second place, that a party to an appeal, intending to use the record upon which a former appeal has been taken, should obtain the court’s permission on motion. Lastly, that the appeal bond is insufficient.

There was neglect and oversight in confecting the record of appeal, and, while there was cause of complaint at first on the part of the appellee, the documents not copied at…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Succession of PizzatiSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  2. Succession of TysonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
  3. In re the Estate of SlaterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
  4. Succession of LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  5. Van Dickson v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

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