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143 La. 504

State v. Edrington

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 29, 1918

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1918-04-29

IVilson, Judge. Prentice E. Edrington, Jr., was found guilty of unlawfully neglecting and refusing to provide for the support of his minor child, and ordered to pay alimony for her support.

On motion to dismiss the appeal · Decided 1918-04-29

PROVOSTY, J.

¶1No question of law is

¶2presented by the record, but only the one of fact — whether the amount which the juvenile court has condemned defendant to pay monthly for the support of his child is beyond his ability. Eor claiming jurisdiction of that question by this court he invokes article 85 of the Constitution, giving jurisdiction of “suits involving alimony.” But conceding, for argument, that the alimony there meant is not exclusively that which a husband may be required to pay to his wife, said article is a general law which must yield to article 118, to the effect that “appeals from the juvenile court shall be allowed on matters of law only.”

¶3Appeal dismissed.

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