Frankel v. Morse Timber Co.

73 So. 263, 140 La. 447, 1916 La. LEXIS 1686

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: November 29, 1916
• Docket: No. 21537
• Status: Published

Opinion

PROVOSTX, J.

Motion is made to dismiss the appeal in this case on the grounds that the appeal was granted, not on motion made in open court, but by petition, and that the petition did not pray for citation of the appellees, and that the latter were never in fact cited; and on the further ground that the secretary-treasurer of the defendant company, who signed the bond of appeal, does not appear to have had authority to do so.

[1,2] The minutes show that the appeal was granted on motion in open court. This motion was in writing, and the order granting the appeal was also in writing, and this order calls the s'aid motion a “petition”; but what difference this can make we are at a loss to imagine. The appeal having been granted in open court at the same term of court, citation of appellees was not necessary.

[3] The facts show that the secretary-treasurer was the only person who could possibly sign the bond, inasmuch as the other officers were plaintiffs in the case and constituted a majority of the board of directors; and, moreover, the signature to the appellant is not indispensable to the validity of an appeal bond. . Roehl-Garland G. P. art. 575, and authorities there cited.

The motion to dismiss is overruled.