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42 La. 923

Engelman v. Coco

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 15, 1890

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1890-07-15

<p>Where tlie sole heir to a succession and all the creditors make an extra judicial settlement of the succession and involve its affairs in confusion, this court will leave them where they have placed themselves and dismiss the suit.</p>

Decided 1890-07-15

¶1On Motion to Dismiss.

¶2The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

¶3The appellees ñle a motion to dismiss this appeal on the ground that an order of appeal had been granted in open court to the Oourt of Appeals, and that the District Oourt was without jurisdiction to grant an order of appeal on petition to this court.

¶4There had been no appeal bond filed when the order of appeal had been granted to the Oourt of Appeals. The order of appeal to the Circuit Oourt had been granted in error. It had no jurisdiction ratione materise. This court was the proper one to which the appeal should have been made returnable. The first order of appeal could be set aside, having been granted in error, by a second order making the appeal returnable to this court.

¶5The motion to dismiss is denied.

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