Sumner v. Grand Lodge, K. P. of Louisiana

LE BLANC, Judge.

The record in this case was recently before us on an application on the part of Isaiah Sumner for mandamus to compel the district judge to grant him a suspensive appeal from a judgment rejecting his demands. State ex rel. Sumner v. Simon, Judge, 144 So. 645. The application was denied, and the case now comes before us on the devolutive appeal which had been perfected.

As stated in the opinion of the court on the application for mandamus, it was necessary for us to consult the whole record in order to pass on the question of the relator’s right to a suspensive appeal, and the…