Miller v. Shotwell

Tne opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

This suit involves the title to a tract of land in tli& parish of Vermilion.

It appears that after trial and judgment, and after the plaintiff had obtained and perfected his appeal, the papers which made up the record *104in the case were destroyed by fire together with the courthouse of that parish.

Hence the transcript of appeal, which had been made up and brought by consent between the parties, is very imperfect and incomplete. In fact, it is not in a condition to enable us to intelligently and fairly pass upon the issues involved in the…