Nick v. Bensberg
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice Ellis Edrington, Judge. Action by Henry D. Nick against Robert Bensberg. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Cause transferred to the Court of Appeal under Acts 1904, p. 135, No. 56, provided plaintiff or his attorney make oath that appeal was not taken for delay; otherwise,
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Nothing shows that the amount involved in this suit exceeds $2,000. Hence this court has not jurisdiction of the case. Jurisdiction must affirmatively appear from the record. Slawson v. Meggett, 22 La. Ann. 272; R. R. Co. v. McCloskey, 35 La. Ann. 785; Baptist Church v. Dickinson, 52 La. Ann. 706, 27 South. 100 ; State ex rel. St. Romes v. Cotton Press, 22 La. Ann. 622; State ex rel. Hero v. Laresche, 24 La. Ann. 148; City v. Apken, 36 La. Ann. 419; Buddig v. Baldwin, 38 La. Ann. 396.
The action is possessory, and there is neither allegation nor proof of the value either of the property or of…
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