Successions of Ethridge

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Appellee has filed a motion* to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction ratione materiae, that is, that the amount in dispute or the fund to be distributed, irrespective of the amount claimed, does not exceed the sum of $2000, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10, of the Louisiana Constitution. In the ■ alternative, appellee asks that, if this appeal be not dismissed, it be transferred to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit.

Appellant has filed an answer to the motion to dismiss the appeal in which she urges that it was filed too late, not…