Legal Opinion

Frankel v. Morse Timber Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 29, 1916No. 21537PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by J. Frankel and others against the Morse Timber Company, Limited, and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.

Motion is made to dismiss the appeal in this case on the grounds that the appeal was granted, not on motion made in open court, but by petition, and that the petition did not pray for citation of the ap*449pellees, and that the latter were never in fact cited; and on the further ground that the secretary-treasurer of the defendant company, who signed the bond of appeal, does not appear to have had authority to do so.

[1,2] The minutes show that the appeal was granted on motion in open court. This motion was in writing, and the order granting the appeal was also in writing, and this order calls the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Evans v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
  2. Fontini v. Pine Grove Land Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. Hemenway, Inc. v. RoachLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  4. Maddox v. ButcheeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  5. Queen Ins. Co. of America v. BloomenstielSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936

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