Legal Opinion

Riley v. Howell

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1876No. 5613PublishedCited by 2 opinions

APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of East Feliei-. ana. Fosey, J.

1Opinion of the CourtWaxy, J.

Appellee moves to dismiss this appeal on tho following grounds:

First — Tho amount in controversy being less than five hundred dollars, e.raliisire of ■interest, the district court, under article eighty-five of tho constitution, was without jurisdiction, and -therefore this court is without jurisdiction.

Second — The appeal was not taken within one year from tho time the judgment was rendered, as required. C. P. 593.

Third — The appeal bond has not been executed in the name of the clerk, as required by article 575, C. P.

*330Tho jurisdiction of this court as fixed in article seventy-four of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bolin v. HuffnagleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1828
  2. Smith v. BonsallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Mitchell v. Cohn Flour & Feed Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
  2. Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Ass'n v. FutrellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938

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