Watts v. Collier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; William C. Barnette, Judge. Action by Prote Watts and another against B. T. Collier, Sheriff, and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
PROVO STY, J.
[5] By articles 574 and 575, C. P., the bond to be given for a devolutive appeal must be in an amount fixed by *101the judge, and the bond to be given for a suspensive appeal must be in an amount “exceeding by one-half the amount for which the judgment was given.”
The appellant in this case obtained orders for both a suspensive and a devolutive appeal. The judgment being for $35, he made the amount of his suspensive appeal bond $52.50, that is to say, $35, the amount of the judgment, plus one-half of that sum and he made the amount of his devolutive appeal bond…
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