Nettleton v. Stephens

Decided February 15, 1834

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1834-02-15

This action was brought by one of two joint vendors of certain real estate in the parish of Lafourche, to recover his portion of certain instalments of the purchase money. The defendant excepted that the debt claimed was indivisible, and that the heirs of the co-vendor should have been made co-plaintiffs. The exception was overruled, and the defendant filed his answer to the merits, pleading the general denial and several special pleas.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1925

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Decided 1834-02-15

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Martin, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This appeal must be dismissed at the appellant’s costs. The certificate of the clerk states that the record contains á *166transcript of all the pleadings, proceedings, documents, and evidence on file in the case. There is no statement of facts, bill of exceptions, special verdict; and the appel]ant pas suffered the period fixed by law to pass, withoutanyassignment of errors apparent on the face of the record.

tificate that the ail1 thenproceed- and’ev1deree"S; file in the case, does not authoSon that auüm evidence adduced was put on file, and is therefore insufficient.

¶3Nothing authorises the conclusion, that all the evidence adduced was put on file.

¶4It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that this , . . - .,, appeal be dismissed with costs. x x