Garner v. Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Department

GUIDRY, Judge.

This is a suit for damages allegedly resulting from wrongful arrest.

The plaintiff devolutively appealed on November 19, 1984, from a judgment rendered on November 14 and signed on November 19, 1984, which granted defendant’s motion for a summary judgment and dismissed his suit.

On December 20, 1984, the court dismissed plaintiff’s appeal on motion of the court reporter filed under La.C.C.P. art. 2126 because of his failure to pay the estimated costs.1 The plaintiff did not apply for a new trial or appeal from this judgment of dismissal. Instead, after his appeal had been…