No. 6418 Precedential Dismissed Processed

Temento v. Verdoodt

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Filed June 6, 1974 · 303 So. 2d 206

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 2d Cir., April 11, 1978 358 So. 2d 999; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., November 7, 1974 303 So. 2d 207; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., May 24, 1965 175 So. 2d 730; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 30, 1915 12 Teiss. 387; La., January 15, 1878 30 La. Ann. 21

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Opinion text

ON MOTION TO DISMISS SUSPENSIVE APPEAL Before REDMANN, BOUTALL and SCHOTT, JJ. BOUTALL, Judge. Appellees Maude Temento, wife of, and Sterling Temento have filed a motion to dismiss the suspensive appeal of appellant Manchester Insurance and Indemnity Company, on the ground that the suspensive appeal bond was untimely filed. Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 2123. The record shows that trial was had on November 28, 1973 and an oral judgment was rendered in open court, the judgment being signed on November 29, 1973. A copy of the judgment was issued to appellants’ attorney November 30, 1973. No motion for a new trial was made. Thereafter on December 17, 1973 appellants’ attorney filed a motion for appeal and was granted a sus-pensive and a devolutive appeal. Unfortunately the appeal bond was not filed until January 14, 1974. C.C.P. Art. 2123 requires not only that an appeal be taken within fifteen days of the expiration of the delay for applying for a new trial, but also that an appeal bond shall be filed within that period. We find the appeal bond was not filed within that period and the suspensive appeal should be dismissed. This however has no effect on the devolutive appeal which we consider to be timely perfected. Jackson v. Hannie, 225 So.2d 385 (La.App.3rd Cir. 1969). Accordingly, we maintain the motion to dismiss the suspensive appeal and it is now ordered that the suspensive appeal taken by appellant, Manchester Insurance and Indemnity Company, is dismissed. Suspensive appeal dismissed.