Manfre v. Corbello

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

A writ of certiorari was granted in this case so that we might review a judgment of the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans' which dismissed defendants-appellants’ appeal on the ground that it was not .timely filed in that court.

Plaintiff-appellee instituted suit in the First City Court of the City of New Orleans for possession of premises leased by her to the defendants from month to month at a rental of $15. The city court rendered judgment for plaintiff as prayed for, and defendants applied for, and were granted, an appeal to the Court of Appeal for the Parish of…