Liner v. Authement

ELLIOTT, Judge.

In this case defendants-appellants moved for and were granted an appeal herein to this court.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges damages, sustained by him, to the extent of $4,000 on account of a trespass on land, slander, libel, humiliation, etc., and prays for judgment for that amount against Alphonse Authement, school board of the parish of Terrebonne, and Baker Smith, in solido, on that account. No part of the amount claimed is for physical injuries.

This court has no jurisdiction of the amount in dispute. The appeal has been brought to the wrong court. It should have been taken to…