Woods v. Woods

Full title: James Lester WOODS v. Betty McGee WOODS

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Third Circuit

Date published: Apr 17, 1961

128 So. 2d 796 (La. Ct. App. 1961)

Opinion

No. 247.

April 17, 1961.

Proceeding on an appeal from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, Walter M. Hunter, J. The Court of Appeal, Savoy, J., considered the appeal abandoned, where the appellant did not appear in person or through counsel when the case was called for argument, and no brief was filed on her behalf.

Appeal dismissed.

See also 128 So.2d 74.

Holt, Holt, Kramer Hamm, by Ben F. Holt, Alexandria, for defendants-appellant.

Vincent Hazleton, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ and SAVOY, JJ.

SAVOY, Judge.

The appellant did not appear in person or through counsel when this case was called for argument on the date it had been docketed for hearing, nor was any brief filed on her behalf. The appeal is therefore considered abandoned, and it will accordingly be dismissed. Rule VII, Section 4(b), Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal (1960), 8 LSA-R.S.; Allen v. Cuba, La. App. 3 Cir., 125 So.2d 429, and the authorities therein cited. The costs of this appeal are assessed against the defendant-appellant. LSA-C.C.P. art. 2164.

Appeal dismissed.