Flowers v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the CJivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. The transcript does not contain all the evidence on the trial of the case below.
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PPEAL from the CJivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. The transcript does not contain all the evidence on the trial of the case below. On examining the certificate the court will find these words qualifying the usual declaration as to the completeness of the transcript: “ Record No. 34,962, being succession of John Hughes, offered in evidence by Mr. Blair, attorney for Mrs. Murdock et als., defendants, having /been only partially copied as per instructions of counsel for defendant and appellant, copied at page 420.” On the page referred to will be found the following…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
The motion to dismiss is on two grounds: That the transcript is imperfect, and that the defendant in the lower court, the appellant here, has acquiesc.d in the judgment from which he appeals.
The suit was for a partition between the plaintiff and defendant and others, heirs of John Hughes. The defendant m his answer urged that in the petition the last community should be charged with certain amounts of the separate estate of his father, received by or which enured to the benefit of that community, and the answer also contained other demands…
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