Hyde v. Sims

HAM1TER, Justice.

Presently under consideration in this cause is a motion to dismiss the appeal.

In the suit plaintiff prayed for judgment recognizing her to be the owner of a tract of land in Tangipahoa Parish, containing 100 acres more or less, and condemning the defendant to pay the sum of $2,635.60 for timber allegedly cut from a portion of the property. Her demands were rejected, after a trial of the merits, the judgment having been rendered April 15, 1952.

On April 18, 1952, in open court, plaintiff obtained an order for an appeal returnable to this court on or before June 9, 1952, it…