Buckley v. Thibodaux

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff sued to establish the boundary line between his land and the lands of the defendants. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants obtained an order for a devolutive appeal to the Court of Appeal for the First circuit, without giving an appeal bond; that is to say, in forma pauperis. The petition for the appeal was accompanied by affidavits (as required by section 2 of Act No. 156 of 1912) to the effect that the appellants were so poor that they were unable to pay the court costs or to give an appeal bond, or bond for costs. The petition…