Legal Opinion
Christmon v. Hawkins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 11, 1937No. 16486PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant has taken a de-volutive appeal from an adverse judgment rendered by the First city court of New Orleans' on May 19, 1936. The judgment was signed on May 23, 1936, and the appeal was not applied for until June 5, 1936.
The. defendant-appellee moves to dismiss the appeal on the' ground that appellant has failed to apply for the same within ten days, exclusive of Sundays, from the date on which the judgment was signed.
Act No. 219 of 1932, § 1, governing appeals from the First city court of New Orleans, provides in part: “* * * that judgments shall be signed…
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