Merchants & Manufacturers Bank v. Southern Engineering & Construction Co.

MOISE, Justice.

On November 24, 1954, the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans granted plaintiffs a devolutive appeal from a judgment rendered on June 28, 1954 and signed on July 12, 1954. The appeal was returnable to the Supreme Court of Louisiana on January 10, 1955; thereafter, plaintiffs were granted an extension of time to February 10, 1955. No further action was taken by appellants, the record not being timely filed in this Court.

A motion to dismiss the appeal was filed, based on the grounds that more than three days had elapsed from the time allowed by law for filing of the…