Angelette v. Hardie

FOURNET, Justice.

The appellee (defendant) has filed a motion in this court seeking to have this appeal dismissed on the ground that the appellant (plaintiff) “has failed to furnish an appeal bond * * * and has failed to assign good and sufficient reasons for not having furnished said bond.” The record shows that the plaintiff, because of his indigent circumstances, was authorized by the district judge to prosecute this appeal without the advance payment of costs or the furnishing of an appeal bond.

The legislature of Louisiana, in the interest of indigent litigants, adopted Act No. 156 of…