Hand v. Harper

In this case judgment was rendered in the district court against plaintiffs. A devolutive appeal from the judgment was ordered returnable to the Supreme Court. The appeal bond was given, but in the body of the bond is a recital that the appeal is taken to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, instead of to the Supreme Court. The transcript was filed in this court timely, and defendant has moved to dismiss the appeal for the reason stated, and bases his motion upon the provisions of Act No. 112 of 1916, and upon the ground that plaintiffs’ counsel was served with the motion to dismiss, and that…