Coney v. Coney

HAMITER, Justice.

First to be considered by us here is a motion of Mrs. Nancy Callan Coney, the appel-lee, to dismiss the instant devolutive appeal of Walton B. Coney. The motion is predicated on the contention that appellant abandoned his previously perfected appeal in this litigation.

The record discloses the circumstances hereinafter set forth. On February 26, 1959 appellant, by order of the district court, was “ * * * granted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, returnable to said court on or before April 20, 1959, sus-pensive upon furnishing bond with good and solvent surety in the…