Legal Opinion
Mongrue v. Lancaster
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 10, 1958No. 44243PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The plaintiff-appellee moves to dismiss the appeal in this case, alleging that the sus-pensive appeal granted therein should be dismissed because the bond of $250 given by the defendant is not sufficient to comply with the requirements of Article 575 of the Code of Practice. The amount of the judgment of the lower court is $13,200, plus interest and costs; therefore, the bond given does not exceed the amount of judgment by one-half as required by Article 575 of the Code of Practice.
The defendant-appellant concedes that the appeal bond is not sufficient to sustain a suspensive…
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