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

The appeal in this case was originally taken to and perfected in the Supreme Court. An affidavit appears in the record showing the subject matter in the suit to be worth far in excess of the sum of Two-thousand dollars.

However, under the authority of Louisiana Board of Pharmacy v. Smith reported in 22 La. 1026, 61 So.2d 513, and other decisions of the Supreme Court, a joint motion was filed by Counsel setting forth that that Court lacked appellate jurisdiction as the record failed to affirmatively disclose that the amount in dispute exceeded two thousand dollars, and the appeal was…