Legal Opinion

Landry v. McWilliams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 25, 1914No. 19772PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville; Calvin K. Schwing, Judge. Action by Mrs. Aurelia Landry and others against Elacob McWilliams. From a judgment of nonsuit, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

On Elotion to Dismiss Appeal.

MONROE, C. J.

Defendant (appellee) moves to dismiss this appeal on the grounds: That the appeal was originally returned to the Court of Appeal, First circuit, which tribunal, on December 12, 1912, made the following order:

“We do hereby order and direct that the appeal herein be, and the same is hereby transferred to the Supreme Court, as provided by Act No. 19 of 1912.”

That no return day was fixed. That no affidavit was made that the appeal ivas not taken for the purpose of delay, and that the transcript, filed in this court on January 20, 1913, is not the record…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Tillery v. FullerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  2. Quatre Parish Co. v. Beauregard Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  3. Baldwin Lumber Co. v. DalferesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  4. Jackson v. IrionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  5. White v. LockhartLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961

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