Thibodeaux v. Lock Clinic

REDMANN, Judge.

Appellees move dismissal for untimeliness of defendants’ January 29, 1974 appeal as suspensive in respect to a December 5, 1973 money judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, after which appellants did not move for a new trial (though plaintiffs did, resulting in a judgment of January 14, 1974, specifying interest and cost liability and expressly dismissing third-party demands).

The suspensive appeal period is 15 days, C.C.P. art. 2123. Motion for a new trial by one party ordinarily does not extend another’s delay for appealing, unless the nature of the proceeding is such that one party’s…