Long v. Dickerson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Carroll; F. X. Ransdell, Judge. Actions by Mrs. Margaret McCulloch Long and husband and by Miss Lucile McCulloch and others against Elvin Dickerson and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
BRÉAUX, C. J.
Appellees have moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the *344appeal was not taken in time to act as a suspensive appeal.
The appeal is now before us.
The question is unimportant, and, if the grounds were sustained, the appeal would still remain as a devolutive appeal.
The bond was in amount fixed by the court. It is good as a devolutive appeal.
The doing of a vain thing does not recommend itself.' The suspensive appeal will not be dismissed, as it would serve no purpose to dismiss it.
The appellees also urged their motion to dismiss ratione materiae of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bussieré v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- State ex rel. Bloss v. Judges of the Court of AppealsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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