State ex rel. Wood v. Davis-Wood Lumber Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

In 1953 this case came up to us on appeal. At that time counsel filed a joint motion stating that this court lacked appellate jurisdiction. An examination of the record revealed that it failed to show affirmatively that the amount in dispute in the case exceeded $2,000, and we accordingly ordered the appeal transferred to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, under the provisions of R.S. 13:4441 and 13:4442. State ex rel. Wood v. Davis-Wood Lumber Co., 223 La. 161, 65 So.2d 124. After the appeal was transferred, counsel for appellant filed a motion in the Court of Appeal…