Legal Opinion

Voelkel v. Voelkel

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1866PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans,

1Opinion of the Court

Howem,, J.

A motion is made to dismiss the appeal in this case, on the ground that the appeal bond is-not made in favor of the appellees or any obligee, and that the appellant, a married woman, is not authorized by her husband to apply for an appeal, or execute an appeal bond.

We consider the first ground sufficient to sustain the motion. Article 575 C. P. requires the bond to be in favor óf the appellee. No obligees are named in the bond in this case, which appears to be executed by only one of the defendants ; and the law does not presume that all the other parties are appellees. Only those…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Herster v. HersterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Smith v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Braun v. VeillonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  3. Harrington v. LanglinaisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
  4. Braun v. VeillonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928

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