Pelletier v. State Nat. Bank
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Janies B. Pelletier against tbe State National Bank. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
LAND, J.
The amount of bond given by defendant is less than the amount required by law to sustain a suspensive appeal, and, as the order of court granting the appeal did not fix any amount, a devolutive appeal is impossible.
We therefore dismissed the appeal on the authority of the cases of Jorda v. Judge, 29 La. Ann. 776, and Woodville v. Klasing, 51 La.Ann. 1057, 25 South. 635.
Appellant’s brief is an able and ingenious argument in support of the contentions that the expression of amount is not essential, and that the maxim of “de minimis non curat lex” should apply. Because a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Keenan v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
- State ex rel. Jorda v. Judge of the Fourth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Mayor of Jefferson v. DelachaiseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
- Woodville v. KlasingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Merchants' Mutual Insurance v. PointerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870