Opinion
No. 8809.
May 26, 1958.
Proceeding on appeal from judgment of the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Avoyelles, Francis J. Gremillion, J. The Court of Appeal, Ayres, J., held that where appellant made no appearance either in person or by counsel when case was called for argument and had not filed a brief in support of appeal, appeal was presumed to have been abandoned and it would be accordingly dismissed.
Appeal dismissed.
B.C. Bennett, Jr., Marksville, for appellant.
Earl Edwards, Marksville, for appellee.
Appellant made no appearance either in person or through counsel when this case was called for argument nor has he filed a brief in support of his appeal. The appeal is presumed, therefore, to have been abandoned and it will, accordingly, be dismissed. Succession of Davis, 229 La. 314, 85 So.2d 886; Juneau v. Juneau, 227 La. 921, 80 So.2d 864; Harvey v. Thomas, 227 La. 25, 78 So.2d 497; Williams v. Southern Advance Bag Paper Co., 226 La. 848, 77 So.2d 416; Mendes v. Kostmayer, 226 La. 730, 77 So.2d 21; Falcon v. Falcon, 224 La. 938, 71 So.2d 334; Peace v. Love, 223 La. 772, 66 So.2d 803; Wadsworth v. Demarco, La. App., 86 So.2d 212; Mitchell v. Martin, La. App., 86 So.2d 211; Pharis v. Jowers, La. App., 85 So.2d 389; Johnson v. Montgomery, La. App., 84 So.2d 213; Normand v. Avoyelles Parish School Board, La. App., 11 So.2d 713.
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed at appellant's cost.
Appeal dismissed.