Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Richard v. Robertson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 15, 1876No. 903PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPLICATION for a mandamus to be directed to the clerk of the district court in and for the parish of St. Landry.

1Opinion of the CourtHowell, J.

The relator complains that the defendant refuses to make out and deliver or transmit a transcript of appeal, although he, relator, has furnished an appeal bond with good security, as ordered by the judge of the lower court, and to which no legal objection is made.

The clerk, now in office, answers that the relator has refused and still *581refuses to pay for the cost of making out the transcript, which under act No. 24 of 1872 the clerk is not bound to deliver to the appellant until such cost is paid, and for this reason the respondent refuses to deliver the transcript of appeal. This implies that…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Blum v. WellsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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