Delesdernier v. Delesdernier

McBRIDE, Judge.

The provisions of Act 615 of 1954 amended LSA-C.C. art. 3519 respecting the abandonment or discontinuance of suit by adding thereto the following paragraph:

“Any appeal, now or hereafter pending -in any appellate court of the State, in which five years have elapsed without any step's having -been taken in the prosecution thereof, shall be considered as abandoned, and the court in which said appeal is pending shall'summarily dismiss such appeal."

This appeal was filed and docketed in this court on July 19, 1951. No steps were ever taken by any party in the prosecution thereof for…