Legal Opinion

Franek v. Brewster

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 23, 1915No. 21030PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Suit by Joseph Franek against Harry C. Brewster and his attorneys, Merrick, Lewis & Schwarz, for the cancellation of a note and for the allowance of a credit, consolidated with executory proceedings by Thomas N. Jacobs against Mrs. George Sladovich, and-with petition by Franek making Jacobs a party defendant in the original suit, and executory proceedings by the Interstate Trust & Banking Company…

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Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Suit by Joseph Franek against Harry C. Brewster and his attorneys, Merrick, Lewis & Schwarz, for the cancellation of a note and for the allowance of a credit, consolidated with executory proceedings by Thomas N. Jacobs against Mrs. George Sladovich, and-with petition by Franek making Jacobs a party defendant in the original suit, and executory proceedings by the Interstate Trust & Banking Company against the succession of Joseph Franek, consolidated with the former suit, wherein the administratrix filed a petition in…

1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.

[1] The appellee has moved to dismiss the appeal because the clerk of the . civil district court, instead of copying certain documentary evidence into the three copies of the transcript, has sent up the original documents.

On the petition of the appellants, we have issued writs of certiorari, directing the clerk of the civil district court to complete the transcript of appeal in triplicate, by transcribing the original documents into each copy of the record.

It does not appear that the clerk’s error of sending up the original documents and omitting to transcribe them into the triplicate…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. Tapp v. Guaranty Finance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. AnzelmoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  3. Alfano v. FranekSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  4. Hightower v. Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
  5. Coreil v. VidrineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937

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